10 Facts About Hoda Saber

Hoda Rezazadeh Saber was an Iranian intellectual, economic scholar, journalist and social-political activist.

Hoda Saber was first arrested on 28 January 2000, and released a month and a half later after posting bail.

On 12 April 2003, Hoda Saber was sentenced to ten years of imprisonment and banned from any "social activity" for ten years.

Hoda Saber was arrested again on 23 July 2010 to complete the serving of his old sentence of ten years.

Hoda Saber was in imprisoned in Ward 350 of Evin Prison at the time.

Hoda Saber died of a heart attack at Tehran's Modarres Hospital on 10 June 2011, aged 52.

Hoda Saber was brought to the hospital for surgery to open his clogged arteries, but the hunger strike had damaged his heart and prevented a successful surgery.

Eyewitnesses said that during the six hours between the time he first complained of chest pain early Friday morning and when he was finally taken for medical treatment, Hoda Saber was screaming loudly in agony, but prison staff paid no attention to him.

On 12 June 2011, Reporters Without Borders issued a statement accusing the government of the Islamic Republic of responsibility for the death of Hoda Saber by neglecting his medical needs and by arbitrarily arresting him in the first place.

Iran's Fars news agency denied the family's allegations and said Hoda Saber had received medical care before his death.