Health · prison detainee · ArchiveSecond Evin Prison Recording Alleges US Detainee Denied ChemotherapyAired August 8, 2026 at 8:44 AM UTCWritten September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00A second recording from inside Iran's0:01Evin Prison alleges a detained American0:03with cancer was denied chemotherapy0:05after being re-arrested,0:07>> [music]0:07>> an allegation attributed solely to that0:09recording with no independent0:10confirmation in the available evidence.0:12The recording was received by CBS News0:14[music] journalist Margaret Brennan from0:16detained journalist Reza Shahin0:17Valizadeh inside Evin [music] Prison.0:20According to Brennan, this is the second0:21such recording she has received from0:23Valizadeh. [music]0:24The most consequential claim in the0:25recording is that Karan Hakmati,0:27identified as having cancer,0:28>> [music]0:28>> was denied chemotherapy and that Iranian0:31authorities re-arrested him after0:32releasing him for a period. [music] The0:34recording frames that denial inside a0:36broader claim of systemic failure.0:38Medical care is described [music] as0:39almost nonexistent. Only the most basic0:42medications are available and even0:44medicines [music] purchased by0:45prisoners' families are allegedly stolen0:47by prison staff before they ever reach0:49the prisoners. All three medical0:51allegations come solely from the Reza0:53Shahin Valizadeh recording with [music]0:54no independent confirmation, medical0:56verification, or official response0:58provided in the available evidence.1:00>> [music]1:00>> What is confirmed is the provenance.1:02Brennan received this second recording1:03from Valizadeh inside Evin Prison,1:05[music] has spoken to advocates for both1:07detainees, and says the US government1:09knows about the cases. Evin Prison,1:10[music]1:11north of Tehran, is where the recording1:13alleges the care breakdown is occurring.1:16If chemotherapy is being withheld1:17[music] and family supplied medicines1:19are intercepted while care is as limited1:21as alleged,1:22>> [music]1:22>> Hakmati and other chronically ill1:24prisoners face progression of treatable1:25disease inside a closed facility where1:27the outside supply chain is cut. Whether1:29US and Iranian authorities will verify1:31Hakmati's [music] condition and restore1:33access to chemotherapy, essential1:35medications, and infection control1:36remains unresolved.Explore with HeyDexThe shortThe short ↗