(CNN) — The grim stories of two women who endured long-stretches of solitary confinement in Iran’s most notorious prison are chilling omens for the two jailed U.S. hikers who each reportedly received an eight-year prison sentence on Saturday.
Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer have been abused and assaulted in Evin Prison, their friend Sarah Shourd said in a BBC interview in June. Evin is noted for its harsh conditions and its wing for political prisoners.
“My worst fear is that they’re not safe,” said Shourd, who was arrested with Fattal and Bauer in July 2009 but was freed for medical reasons in September after 410 days of solitary confinement.
The two men were sentenced on charges of spying and illegal entry.
Shourd said a guard at Evin was furious that Fattal took extra food and pushed him down the stairs. The guard repeatedly threw Bauer — Shourd’s fiance — against a wall of his cell until his head began bleeding.
She said the three had feared that they would be executed soon after they were arrested, when a guard began cocking his gun.
In July 2009, Shourd, Fattal, and Bauer were hiking in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish area along the border with Iran when they were arrested by Iranian police. Shourd said they accidentally strayed across the border. Iranian authorities say the three crossed into Iran illegally.
Hikers face hard time in Iran's tough Evin prison
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