Iranian authorities hold lawyer Shadi Falahati incommunicado in Rasht

Hengaw – Thursday, September 4, 2025
Iranian security forces have arrested lawyer Shadi Falahati in Rasht, Gilan Province, and have held her incommunicado for more than a week. No information has been made available about her fate. Several other lawyers have also been detained in recent days.
According to information obtained by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Falahati has been in custody for the past nine days, but the circumstances of her detention remain unclear. Security agencies in Rasht have arrested multiple lawyers, including Falahati, Shahrazad Sharbiani, and Hesam Pourahmadi.
At the time of writing, no details have been disclosed regarding the reasons for the arrests, the charges filed against them, their place of detention, or their current condition.