11 Iranian Women's Rights Activists Sentenced to 60 Years in Prison
At least 11 activists in the field of women's rights,
Hengaw, Thursday, March 28, 2024
At least 11 activists in the field of women's rights, identified as Sara Jahani, Yasamin Hashdari, Shiva Shahsiah, Negin Rezaei, Forough Samin-Nia, Zahra Dadras, Matin Yazdani, Jelveh Javaheri, Hooman Taheri, Zahra Dadras, and Azadeh Chavoshian, all from Gilan province, were collectively sentenced to 60 years and 6 months of imprisonment by the Revolutionary Court of Rasht.
According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, based on the verdict issued by Branch 3 of the Revolutionary Court of Rasht, presided over by Judge Mehdi Rasekhi, each of Yasamin Hashdari, from Bandar Anzali, Shiva Shahsiah, from Lahijan, Negin Rezaei, from Fuman, Forough Samin-Nia, Sara Jahani, Azadeh Chavoshian, Zahra Dadras, and Matin Yazdani, all from Rasht, were sentenced to 3 years, 6 months, and 1 day of imprisonment for the charge of "consensus and collusion with the intention of disrupting national security," and 2 years, 7 months, and 16 days of imprisonment for "membership in an illegal group," totaling 6 years, 1 month, and 17 days of imprisonment. According to the law on the consolidation of sentences, a severe sentence of 3 years, 6 months, and 1 day is fully enforceable for these individuals.
Additionally, Zahra Dadras, from Rasht, was sentenced to 6 years and 1 day of imprisonment for "establishing an illegal group with the intention of disrupting national security" and 3 years, 6 months, and 1 day of imprisonment for "consensus and collusion to disrupt national security," totaling 9 years, 6 months, and 2 days of imprisonment, which will be enforceable according to the law on the consolidation of sentences.
Jelveh Javaheri and Hooman Taheri, from Rasht, two other defendants in this case, were also sentenced to 1 year of imprisonment each on charges of "propaganda against the government."
The trial of these 11 activists, who were detained in late August of the last year in the cities of Rasht, Fuman, Bandar Anzali, and Lahijan in Gilan province, was held in July 2023 (Iranian new year 1403).
