Maryam Darisi sentenced to prison and flogging in two separate cases

Hengaw – Saturday, May 9, 2026

Maryam Darisi, a civil activist from Kazerun in Fars Province and one of the individuals arrested during the protests earlier this year, has been sentenced in two separate judicial cases to a total of two years and three months in prison and 74 lashes by the Iranian judiciary.

Based on information obtained by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, the latest verdict against Darisi was issued by the Revolutionary Court in Shiraz, which sentenced her to one year and three months in prison on charges of “propaganda against the state.” The ruling was formally communicated today to her lawyer, Mahmoud Taravat-Ravari.

In a separate case, Branch 101 of Criminal Court Two in Kazerun had previously sentenced Darisi to one year in prison and 74 lashes on charges of “disrupting public order and peace.”

She has previously been arrested in connection with the Woman, Life, Freedom (Jin, Jiyan, Azadi) movement in both 2022 and 2023. Darisi was most recently arrested by government forces in Kazerun on February 12, 2026, during a broader wave of arrests carried out alongside the widespread protests earlier this year.

She was eventually released on temporary bail on March 8, 2026, pending the completion of judicial proceedings.