Seyed Benyamin Sadr is a correspondent with RFE/RL's Radio Farda.
The Iranian authorities routinely refuse to return the seized belongings of political prisoners. The practice is intended to punish former inmates even after they have been released, activists say.
Iran is reeling from an exodus of health-care professionals from the country. Thousands of doctors have reportedly left the Islamic republic in recent years due to the country's deepening economic woes and poor working conditions.
