Leila Saremi, the mother of political prisoner Farzad Moazami Goodarzi, was placed in a solitary cell immediately after her transfer to prison and is reportedly enduring torture. Following a heavy, violent raid by security forces on her family’s residence in the city of Borujerd, she now remains isolated and subjected to inhumane treatment.
In the early hours of Tuesday, July 22, 2025, Leila Saremi, and her husband, Ahmad Moazami Goodarzi, were arrested after being brutally beaten and subsequently transferred to Tircheh Block prison in Borujerd. She has been deprived of her right to communicate with family members and to access legal representation.
Prisoners within the facility have confirmed that Leila Saremi is in a dire physical and mental state and is currently under intense interrogation.
This action by the misogynistic clerical regime is widely viewed as a deliberate form of psychological pressure and “white torture” aimed at intimidating her son, Farzad Moazami Goodarzi, to compel him into making forced confessions.
Ongoing Repression of Political Prisoners’ Families
This incident is part of a broader pattern of suppression and pressure targeting the families of political prisoners. The arrest and isolation of Leila Saremi appear to be a clear act of revenge against her family intended to break her son’s will.
In a related wave of repression against families of political prisoners, Masoud Jamei has also faced severe torture as a means to pressure his family. On Thursday, July 24, 2025, security forces arrested his wife, Zeinab Hazbapur, along with their children Nahid, Delal, and Roghieh, who were subsequently tried in the Revolutionary Court of Bavi on charges of maintaining ties with the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI).
Masoud Jamei, an Arab political prisoner from the village of Shakhkopal in Ahvaz, along with two other political prisoners, Alireza Mardasi and Farshad Etemadi Far, have been sentenced to death twice in a joint case. The mounting security pressures, torture, and coerced confessions in this case have emerged as one of the most alarming examples of recent human rights violations.
The NCRI Women’s Committee urges the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, and other human rights defenders, to take action for the immediate release of Leila Saremi and her son Farzad Moazami Goodarzi, as well as for the freedom of Masoud Jamei’s family, including his wife Zeinab Hazbapur and their three children.
