Maryam Derisi, a female political prisoner from Kazerun, has once again been sentenced to prison amid the Iranian regime’s ongoing judicial and security crackdown on dissidents.
In a new case, Branch of the Revolutionary Court in Shiraz sentenced her to one year and three months of discretionary imprisonment on charges of “propaganda against the state.” The verdict was officially communicated to her lawyer.
Maryam Derisi had previously been sentenced in a separate case by the Criminal Court of Kazerun to one year in prison and 74 lashes on charges of “disrupting public order.”
Who Is Maryam Derisi?
Maryam Derisi is a master’s student of English Language at Saveh University and has repeatedly been targeted by the Iranian regime’s security agencies in recent years through arrests and judicial prosecution.
Her most recent arrest took place on February 14, 2026, when agents of the Ministry of Intelligence detained her.
She had also previously been arrested during the nationwide protests on October 15, 2022. After nearly three weeks in detention, Derisi was released on bail on November 2 of the same year. However, legal proceedings against her continued, and several months later she was sentenced in that same case to 22 months and 17 days in prison.
Following the finalization of the sentence, Maryam Derisi was summoned on August 4, 2024, to begin serving her sentence and was transferred to Adelabad Prison in Shiraz.
In early January 2025, her prison sentence was converted into an open-prison arrangement, allowing her temporary release from prison. However, the measure did not last long. On March 1, 2025, after opposition from the prosecutor and the security authority involved in her case, the activist was returned to Adelabad Prison in Shiraz to continue serving her sentence.
