According to the HRANA, the news organ of the Iranian Association of Human Rights Activists, Mohammad Mehdi Haj Mohammadi, the head of the Prisons Organization, reported dealing with those who had tied Baktash Abtin to a hospital bed.

Earlier, pictures of Baktash Abtin, a member of the Iran Writers' Association, shackled to the bed of the Martyrs of Tajrish Hospital had been posted online.  Mr. Abtin, who has been serving a 6-year sentence in Evin Prison since September of last year, was transferred from Evin Prison to Tajrish Martyrs Hospital on Sunday, July 18, following severe pain in the testicle area and the diagnosis and recommendation of the prison's medical doctor. He was kept shackled to the in bed for duration of the hospital treatment. His doctor diagnosed that Mr. Abtin suffers from a cyst in the testicular area.