Mahsa Jalal Badii was transferred to Lakan Prison in Rasht, a northern city in Iran, on Sunday, October 13, 2024, after being summoned to the Enforcement Branch of the Revolutionary Court in Rasht to begin her sentence of three years and six months in prison.
Born in 1985, Mahsa Jalal Badii resides in Rasht and is the mother of a teenager. She has been sentenced to imprisonment for engaging in reading and sharing scientific content. This single mother was originally arrested on May 13, 2024, by security forces in Rasht and released on bail after six days of detention.
Later, the Third Branch of the Revolutionary Court in Rasht sentenced Mahsa Jalal Badii on charges of “propaganda against the regime” to seven months and sixteen days in prison, and additionally, three years and six months for “educational and promotional activities deemed contrary to Islamic law.” Her sentence also includes a ten-year ban on social rights.
Under Article 134 of the clerical regime’s Penal Code, which mandates the enforcement of the harshest sentence in cases of multiple convictions, her three-year and six-month prison term will be fully enforced.
The court cited her online activities deemed “inconsistent with Islamic principles,” the conversion of banned books into audio files for dissemination, and her support for political figures and the nationwide protests of 2022 as reasons for her sentence.
