Overview

• Judge Steven Logan granted ICE authority June 26 to administer IV fluids and tube feeding over Eidivand’s refusal to end his hunger strike.
• Eidivand, detained since May 31 in Florence, Arizona, began his protest June 6, prompting a diagnosis of acute kidney injury.
• He temporarily resumed eating following the order but has not formally ended his hunger strike, according to court filings.
• His attorney, Rebecca Cheaves, denounces the force-feeding order as abusive and has filed motions to release him pending asylum proceedings.
• Eidivand’s case unfolds during heightened ICE actions against Iranian nationals after U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites and recent arrests of his brother and sister-in-law.