Ahmadreza Ahmadpour is a cleric, member of Qom Hezbeh Mosharekat (Participation Front), blogger (Pezhvak-e- Khamoosh), and religious scholar has been on his third round of hunger strike since July 10. He had gone on a normal hunger strike to protest inappropriate behavior with prisoners especially during physical inspection and doing unlawful acts, and started his dry hunger strike on Sunday July 25.
According to JARAS, his overall condition is reported to be critical, and his family are concerned about his kidney damage and sever pressure drop.
On the twelfth day of his hunger strike, Ahmadpour wrote a letter addressing the Secretary General of United Nations,. In a part of this letter he says: “If you don’t pay enough attention to this case, this hunger strike will lead to my death, and if this happens not only will the officials of Islamic Republic be my murderers, but also I will blame you as well and you should be accountable to my family.”
On 6 April 2010, Seyed Ahmadreza Ahmadpour was sentenced to 1 year in prison and permanent laicization on charges of propaganda against the system (for giving interviews to foreign media), publishing lies and violating the dignity of clergy. He introduced himself to the clergy special court on April 18 for his sentence’s enforcement.