The NCRI Women’s Committee condemns the criminal sentences
The Revision Court of Gilan upheld the sentences of more than 60 years of imprisonment for eleven women’s rights activists in this province.
The verdict issued by Branch 11 of the Revision Court of Gilan Province was communicated to the activists on Tuesday, May 28, 2024.
Zohreh Dadras was sentenced to 9 years and 6 months in prison on charges of “forming a group with the aim of disrupting the country’s security” and “assembly and collusion with the aim of disrupting national security.”
Eight others, Forough Sami Nia, Sara Jahani, Yasamin Hashdari, Shiva Shah Siah, Negin Rezaei, Azadeh Chavoshian, Zahra Dadras, and Matin Yazdani, were each sentenced to six years, one month, and seventeen days in prison. Jelveh Javaheri and Houman Taheri were each sentenced to one year of imprisonment.
The NCRI Women’s Committee strongly condemns the issuance of these criminal sentences by the judiciary of the misogynist clerical regime.
Security forces arrested these eleven women’s rights activists in the cities of Rasht, Lahijan, Anzali, and Fooman, on August 16, 2023, on the eve of the anniversary of the 2022 uprising and during a spree of arrests in Gilan province and throughout the country.
The detainees were released on bail after spending some time in Lakan Prison of Rasht.