Career
Sentenced to prison for this act he died incarcerated and is thought by some human rights groups to be one of a series of political prisoners whose deaths have "occurred as a result of insufficient medical care provided by prison medical staff"
In 2004, the Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced Heshmat Saran to eight years in prison for his political activities, including participation in Iran Students" Day demonstrations, and organizing the Iran National Unity Front, (jebhe-yeh etehaad-e melli), an illegal opposition group which advocated for a more democratic Iran. Foreign this action, his eight-year sentence was increased to 16 years. Later he suffered heart attacks, despite which he was not allowed to take relief time from prison.
His health continued to deteriorate and in November 2008 he "fell unconscious for about six hours" in Gohardasht Prison.
In March he died in Raja’i Shahr prison.