Mahnaz Tarrah, a political activist imprisoned in Evin Prison, continues to face mounting pressure from security forces as she enters her 16th month of incarceration. Her request for temporary leave was recently denied following intervention by the IRGC Intelligence Organization.
The Supreme Court rejected her request for a retrial in January 2025. Earlier, in November 2024, the IRGC Intelligence Organization had also opposed her request for conditional release.
Mahnaz Tarrah was violently arrested by security forces on November 13, 2023, in the streets of Tehran. She was initially held in the Ministry of Intelligence detention center, known as Ward 209 of Evin Prison, before being transferred to the women’s ward on December 3, 2023.
In January 2024, the Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced her to three years and eight months in prison on charges of “assembly and collusion to commit a crime” and an additional eight months for “propaganda against the state.” After she accepted the verdict, her sentence was reduced to two years and nine months.
Mahnaz Tarrah has previously faced summons, arrests, and security-related prosecutions. The repeated rejection of her legal requests, including leave and retrial, highlights the ongoing repression of political activists and the increasing pressure on political prisoners in Iran.
