Maryam Abbassi Nikou, a 44-year-old resident of Shahin Shahr in Isfahan Province, was once again arrested on Monday, November 10, 2025, by intelligence agents of the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and taken to an undisclosed location.
The IRGC Intelligence agents raided her home without presenting any legal warrant and detained her arbitrarily.
In an Instagram post, her daughter, Bita Shafii, wrote: “IRGC intelligence agents stormed our house, abducted my mother, and refuse to provide any information about where she is being held.”
Maryam Abbassi Nikou has previously been targeted, pursued, and detained for speaking out against the Iranian regime’s repressive policies. Her daughter, Bita Shafii, was also arrested and tortured in 2022 for protesting the regime’s organized chemical attacks on girls’ schools across Iran.