Iranian Prosecutor Now Threatening Family of Ganji

Eli Lake, The NY Sun:

The Iranian prosecutor responsible for jailing Akbar Ganji hinted that he would pursue prosecution of family members of the dissident journalist.

Speaking to reporters yesterday, Saeed Mortazavi accused the writer's relatives of "conspiring" to distribute "anti-government" propaganda to Iranian citizens, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency.

"Those people have created an illusion for him that if he continues his hunger strike, Iran would face a crisis or pressure from abroad," the prosecutor said of Mr. Ganji's supporters and kin. Today Mr. Ganji, who is being held at Tehran's Milad Hospital following a transfer from Evin Prison, enters his 68th day of a hunger strike, which has been interrupted intermittently when he has fallen unconscious and hospital workers have hooked him up to intravenous fluids to keep him alive. READ MORE