Two Women's Rights Activists Arrested and Transferred to Lakan Prison in Rasht by Iranian Authorities

Hengaw: Thursday, July 11, 2024

Zohreh Dadres and Zahra Dadres, sisters and women’s rights activists in Gilan, were arrested by security agencies and transferred to Lakan Prison in Rasht to serve their sentences.

According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on the morning of Wednesday, July 10, 2024, Zohreh Dadres was arrested at her family home in Rasht and transferred to Lakan Prison to begin serving her sentence. Later that day, at 12:00 p.m., her sister Zahra was also arrested and sent to prison to serve her sentence, according to their lawyer, Abolfazl Ghorbani.

Zohreh Dadres was previously sentenced to 6 years and 1 day by Branch 3 of the Revolutionary Court of Rasht, headed by Judge Mehdi Raskhi, on charges of “forming an illegal group against security” and “assembly and collusion,” resulting in a total sentence of 9 years, 6 months, and 2 days of imprisonment. This sentence will be enforced under the Consolidation of Sentences Law.

Zahra Dadres was sentenced by the same court to 3 years, 6 months, and 1 day in prison for “assembly and collusion with the intention of disrupting national security” and an additional 2 years, 7 months, and 16 days for “membership in an illegal group,” totaling 6 years, 1 month, and 17 days of imprisonment. Her sentence, under the Consolidation of Sentences Law, is set at 3 years, 6 months, and 1 day.

Zohreh Dadres was initially arrested on August 16, 2023, by the Intelligence Department and was released from Lakan Prison on October 1, 2023, after posting bail. Zahra Dadres was also arrested on August 16, 2023, following a search of her home and the seizure of some personal belongings by Intelligence Department forces. She was released from Lakan Prison on September 17, 2023.