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ONGs opositoras acusaron al régimen iraní de dejar morir a una presa política al negarle atención médica
Dos ONG opositoras denunciaron este jueves la muerte de Somayeh Rashidi, presa política iraní de 42 años, como consecuencia del trato negligente recibido en la prisión femenina de Qarchak, en la provincia de Teherán.
Según informó la ONG Hengaw, con sede en Oslo, la enfermedad y el posterior coma de Somayeh Rashidi fueron consecuencia de la “denegación de tratamiento médico” mientras permanecía recluida en la prisión de Qarchak, un centro conocido por sus pésimas condiciones. La organización aseguró que “la negligencia empeoró su condición, lo que provocó convulsiones y finalmente un coma”.
La ONG denunció que, en lugar de brindarle tratamiento apropiado, los médicos de la cárcel solo le proporcionaron sedativos y medicación psiquiátrica, que empeoraron los problemas de salud que había desarrollado en prisión.
Fuentes cercanas a la familia señalaron que cuando Rashidi sufrió convulsiones, los funcionarios penitenciarios se negaron a trasladarla a la enfermería e incluso la golpearon. Solo fue derivada a un hospital tras las quejas y la presión de sus compañeras de celda. Estas mismas fuentes denunciaron además que los familiares han recibido presiones para declarar oficialmente que la muerte fue producto de un “error hospitalario”.
Rashidi fue detenida el 24 de abril de 2025 por escribir eslóganes de protesta en muros de Teherán y acusada de “propaganda contra el Estado”. Inicialmente estuvo recluida en la cárcel de Evin, pero tras el ataque israelí contra esa prisión durante la guerra de 12 días en junio, fue trasladada a Qarchak junto con otras prisioneras.
La ONG Iran Human Rights, también con sede en Oslo, confirmó estos hechos y añadió que Rashidi “se enfermó gravemente en prisión, pero a pesar de las repetidas súplicas de otras reclusas para trasladarla a un hospital, las autoridades penitenciarias se negaron hasta que perdió el conocimiento y cayó en coma”. La ONG agregó que otra mujer había muerto recientemente en la misma prisión debido al maltrato recibido, cuyo cadáver permaneció horas sin ser retirado por el personal.
Su director, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, declaró: “La prisión de Qarchak es símbolo de una negación evidente de la humanidad y de la dignidad humana. El funcionamiento continuado de estas instalaciones es una mancha en la conciencia del mundo”.
La ONG denunció que en dicha prisión las mujeres están confinadas en espacios hacinados, sin ventilación ni iluminación adecuadas, en condiciones insalubres y sometidas además a tratos degradantes y sexistas. Ambas organizaciones coincidieron en que Rashidi era una “presa política” y responsabilizaron al régimen iraní de su muerte.
La televisión estatal iraní confirmó el fallecimiento y lo atribuyó a “problemas médicos previos a su arresto”, destacando que murió “a pesar de los esfuerzos del personal médico”.
Por su parte, el poder judicial la presentó como integrante de la organización prohibida Muyahedin-e-Khalq (MEK), vinculada al Consejo Nacional de Resistencia de Irán (NCRI). También señaló que ya había sido arrestada en 2022 y 2023, y que en esta última ocasión se le confiscó “equipo especial”, sin ofrecer más detalles.
Las autoridades iraníes, bajo el liderazgo supremo de Ali Khamenei, han intensificado la represión desde las protestas de 2022-2023, un escenario que, de acuerdo con activistas, se ha agravado aún más tras la guerra con Israel.
El NCRI, sin confirmar si Rashidi pertenecía al MEK, responsabilizó directamente a las autoridades iraníes al afirmar: “Negar a los presos políticos el acceso a tratamiento médico por parte de los esbirros de Khamenei es un crimen bien documentado y sistemático, utilizado para quebrarlos y matarlos lentamente”.
La fundación de Narges Mohammadi, Nobel de la Paz 2023, se sumó a las críticas y aseguró que la muerte de Rashidi “no es un accidente, sino el resultado de una política sistemática de negligencia y crueldad dentro de las prisiones iraníes”.
(Con información de AFP/EFE)
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Trump allegedly thanked police for probing Epstein in 2000s, warned Ghislaine Maxwell is ‘evil’: FBI doc
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President Donald Trump allegedly called the Palm Beach, Florida, Police Department in the mid-2000s to thank them for investigating Jeffrey Epstein while simultaneously warning them to stay focused on «evil» Ghislaine Maxwell, according to an FBI document recapping an interview with the local department’s former chief.
«TRUMP called the PBPD (Palm Beach Police Department) to tell him ‘thank goodness you’re stopping him, everyone has known he’s been doing this,’» reads an FBI document reviewed by Fox News Digital recounting a 2019 interview with former Palm Beach, Florida, Police Chief Michael Reiter.
When approached for comment, however, an official with the Department of Justice pushed back Tuesday that the office was «not aware of any corroborating evidence that the President contacted law enforcement 20 years ago.»
Reiter served as the police chief in Palm Beach, Florida, from 2001 to 2009. Reiter’s name was redacted from the FBI document released by the Department of Justice (DOJ), but confirmed to the Miami Herald that he was interviewed by the FBI in 2019 and that Trump called the police department regarding Epstein in July 2006, according to the outlet.
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President Donald Trump reportedly called the Palm Beach, Florida, Police Department in 2006 to thank them for investigating Jeffrey Epstein. (Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to Reiter and a security and crisis management firm he operates, called Michael Reiter and Associates, Tuesday morning. Reiter declined to comment on the matter.
The FBI document was among the millions of files, photos and emails released by the DOJ following Trump signing the Epstein Files Transparency Act in late 2025. The DOJ released its latest batch of files on Jan. 30.
The Florida police department began investigating Epstein in 2005 after receiving a call that a 14-year-old girl was allegedly molested by the financier, the Miami Herald reported. The call led to police uncovering other similar sexual abuse allegations and pulled Reiter into the investigation, the outlet wrote Monday.
The FBI document recapping Reiter’s reported interview with federal officials continued that Trump allegedly called Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime associate, «evil» and warned that police should «focus on her.»
«TRUMP told him people in New York knew EPSTEIN was disgusting,» the FBI document continued of the interview with the former police chief. «TRUMP said MAXWELL was EPSTEIN’s operative, ‘she is evil and to focus on her,’ the report continues. «TRUMP told (redacted) that he was around EPSTEIN once when teenagers were present and TRUMP ‘got the hell out of there.’ TRUMP was one of the very first people to call when people found out that they were investigating EPSTEIN.»
Fox News Digital also reached out to the White House on Tuesday morning for comment on the alleged phone call and FBI document.
The Department of Justice released a trove of Epstein documents Dec. 19, 2025, following President Donald Trump’s signature on the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November 2025. (Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
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Trump long has maintained that while he did at a time brush elbows with Epstein, he «threw him out» of his Mar-a-Lago resort back in the 2000s as details of his web of sex trafficking and pedophilia circulated.
Reiter’s interview with the FBI also backed up Trump’s longstanding comments that he ended any ties to Epstein in the early 2000s.
«Mar-A-Lago is a mixture of everyone,» the FBI document reads. «DONALD TRUMP told (redacted) that he threw EPSTEIN out of his club.»
Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein was a well-connected financier with a lengthy Rolodex of billionaires and celebrities who floated in and out of his orbit across the years. (Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images)
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Epstein was a well-connected financier with a lengthy Rolodex of billionaires and celebrities who floated in and out of his orbit across the years. He was convicted of sex trafficking minors in 2008 and served just more than one year of incarceration, which also included a controversial work-release arrangement under a plea agreement.
He was arrested again in 2019 on charges of sex trafficking before he was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell by suicide.
Jeffrey Epstein was seen in a handful of personal images in the second data set released by the DOJ on Dec. 19, 2025, including on boats and near helicopters. (Department of Justice)
Reiter’s interview with the FBI was held just two months after Epstein’s death, according to the Miami Herald.
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Trump signed legislation in November 2025 that required the Justice Department to release files related to the late convicted sex offender, with the DOJ releasing tranches of the documents since December 2025.
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Fifteen people were arrested in Europe on Tuesday for allegedly spreading Islamic State terrorist group propaganda over TikTok, a report said.
The suspects, whose ages ranged from 16 to 53, were taken into custody in raids across the Netherlands, according to Reuters.
The news agency cited Dutch prosecutors as saying the suspects were detained on suspicion of spreading propaganda from ISIS on TikTok and trying to persuade people to carry out terrorist attacks.
The arrests were sparked by a TikTok account that spread large amounts of ISIS propaganda with Dutch subtitles, the prosecutors reportedly added.
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A masked Islamic State fighter poses holding the ISIS flag in 2015. (Pictures from History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Thirteen of those arrested were Syrian and four had Dutch nationality, suggesting that some of the suspects were dual nationals, Reuters reported.
TikTok did not immediately respond Tuesday to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
The arrests come as the U.S. military remains active in Syria against ISIS.
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The suspects were accused of spreading ISIS propaganda over TikTok. (Fox News)
U.S. Central Command announced last Wednesday that it carried out five strikes against «multiple» Islamic State targets in recent days as part of a joint military effort to «ensure the enduring defeat of the terrorist network.»
CENTCOM said, from Jan. 27 to Feb. 2, its forces «located and destroyed an ISIS communication site, critical logistics node, and weapons storage facilities with 50 precision munitions delivered by fixed-wing, rotary-wing, and unmanned aircraft.»
«Striking these targets demonstrates our continued focus and resolve for preventing an ISIS resurgence in Syria,» Adm. Brad Cooper, the commander of CENTCOM, said in a statement.
U.S. airmen prepare to load GBU-31 munition systems onto F-15E Strike Eagles within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, on Dec. 19, 2025, in support of Operation Hawkeye Strike. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Reuters)
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CENTCOM said it launched the Operation Hawkeye Strike mission in response to a Dec. 13, 2025, ISIS «ambush» attack against U.S. and Syrian forces in Palmyra, Syria.
That attack left two U.S. service members and an American interpreter dead.
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