Zahedan’s Bloody Friday victim passes away, and a law student dies after imprisonment
Despite the clerical regime’s claims about releasing political prisoners, many prisoners are still detained under deplorable conditions. One of the protesters still detained in Qarchak Prison is Samaneh Asghari.
Samaneh Asghari, who is a children’s rights activist and an industrial engineering student at Kharazmi University, was arrested on October 11, 2022, and detained in Ward 209 of Evin Prison. She was later transferred to Qarchak Prison, where she remains in custody.
According to the indictment issued by Branch 8 of the Shahr-e Ray Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office, Samaneh Asghari faces a range of serious charges, including “assembly and collusion to commit a crime against internal and external security,” “disrupting public order and peace,” “sedition,” “inciting people to fight and kill each other with the intention of disrupting the country’s security,” “propaganda against the state,” “being in public without a religious hijab,” “membership in domestic groups or branches of groups whose aim is to disrupt the country’s security,” and “spreading lies.”
Asghari’s case has been assigned to Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court, which will prosecute some of the charges, while the charge of disturbing public order and peace has been moved to Criminal Court 2. Samaneh Asghari’s lawyer has revealed that the court has rejected her request for temporary release.
Bloody Friday victim passes away
Zarbibi Esmail Zehi, one of the wounded on Bloody Friday in Zahedan, sadly passed away on February 20, 2023, due to a severe infection caused by the injury after 143 days.
Zarbibi, 60, had her spinal cord severed in the yard of her home in Zahedan on the evening of Friday, September 30, 2022, due to a war bullet hitting her back. After undergoing surgery, she was under medical care at home.
“Bloody Friday” refers to the events in Zahedan on September 30, 2022. The Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) opened fire on a group of Sunni worshippers who were leaving a mosque after Friday prayers, killing at least 100, including 16 children, and injuring many.
Law student dies after being released from prison
Mohabbat Mozaffari from Behbahan was completing her Ph.D. in law when she was arrested and imprisoned in Evin Prison. After her release, Mozaffari died from a brain hemorrhage in her sleep caused by beatings and torture in prison. The coroner confirmed through an autopsy that she died due to the blows to her head and being given pills in Evin prison.
Mohabbat Mozaffari was beaten with batons, which struck her head.
