Raoufeh MirBagheri, a women’s rights advocate, was transferred to jail to serve her sentence.
Raoufeh MirBagheri reported to the Office of the Implementation of Verdicts of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Tonekabon on Saturday, February 17, 2024. She was promptly arrested and taken to Shahsavar Prison.
Tonekabon, formerly known as Shahsavar, is located in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran.
On February 26, 2023, the Revolutionary Court of Sari, the capital of Mazandaran, sentenced her to eight months of imprisonment, a two-year ban on leaving the country, joining political and social groups, and forming a group on charges of “propaganda against the state.” The court also ordered some of her belonging to be confiscated.
Ms. MirBagheri was arrested in Tonekabon on October 26, 2022, by agents of the IRGC Intelligence of Mazandaran province. After enduring 32 days of detention, she was temporarily released until the end of the proceedings.