Labor activist Reyhaneh Ansarinejad has been sent to jail to serve her time in prison.
Reyhaneh Ansarinejad was imprisoned in Evin Prison on Monday, November 6, 2023. Security forces arrested and detained her after summoning her to a branch of the Implementation of Verdicts Office.
The trial of Reyhaneh Ansarinejad was held on July 17, 2023, at branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court.
The Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced Ms. Reyhaneh Ansarinejad to 4 years in prison on the charge of “assembly and collusion to act against the security of the state.” The court informed Reyhaneh Anasarinejad of the verdict and additional punishments, banning her membership in parties, groups, political organizations, activities in cyberspace, media, and press, and leaving the country for two years.
On Friday, April 28, 2023, on the eve of International Labor Day, the security forces raided the residence of imprisoned teacher Mohammad Habibi. They violently arrested several teachers and labor activists in the house. Ms. Ansarinejad was among those who were arrested in this raid and taken to Evin prison. But ten days later, she was released after posting a bail of one billion tomans.
The previous year, Reyhaneh Ansarinejad was violently arrested on May 12, 2022, by the agents of the Ministry of Intelligence. The agents raided her house after midnight and searched it for several hours. She spent several months in prison under undecided conditions.
Ms. Ansarinejad is the sole guardian of her young daughter.
