On Wednesday, February 14, 2024, Branch 26 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court sentenced political prisoners Marzieh Farsi and Forough Taghipour to 15 years in prison each, totaling 30 years.
The two women were arrested on Monday, August 21, 2023, and immediately transferred to Evin Prison. Their arrests came as part of a broader crackdown by the regime ahead of the anniversary of the nationwide protests that began on September 16, 2022.
Both Farsi and Taghipour were held in solitary confinement for an extended period and were denied contact with their families.
Marzieh Farsi suffers from cancer and was deprived of access to her medication for a long time following her arrest.
Marzieh Farsi, born in 1965, is a housewife with two children.
She was arrested on February 18, 2020, in Shahr-e Rey, and taken for interrogation under torture. She was released on February 22, 2023, from the women’s ward of Evin Prison.
Born on May 10, 1994, Forough Taghipour graduated in accounting with a bachelor’s degree.
Ms. Taghipour and her mother were arrested on February 24, 2020. She was detained in Ward 209 of Evin Prison and underwent interrogation under torture.
On January 5, 2021, Tehran’s Revolutionary Court tried Forough Taghipour and her mother on charges of “propaganda against the state” and “assembly and collusion” through membership in the opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).
The judge presiding over her case threatened Forough Taghipour to hand down a verdict for Moharebeh (waging war on God). She rejected this charge and pleaded not guilty. She finally received a five-year prison sentence.
Forough Taghipour was imprisoned in the women’s ward of Evin before being released in February 2023.
