Nirvana Torbati Nejad, a prisoner held at Amirabad Prison in Gorgan, has entered the seventh day of a hunger strike.
Nirvana Torbati Nejad, a resident of Gorgan, began her hunger strike on July 11 which has now reached its seventh consecutive day. She launched the protest to challenge her ongoing detention, the uncertainty surrounding her legal proceedings, and the prison authorities’ refusal to provide the medication she needs.
She has been charged with “propaganda against the state” and has so far been denied temporary release on bail.
Torbati Nejad was arrested at her home by police officers on June 27 and was initially transferred to a detention facility operated by the State Security Force Intelligence Organization in Gorgan. She was later moved to Amirabad Prison in Gorgan.
Previous Judicial Cases
In March 2026, Branch 1 of the Golestan Province Court of Appeals sentenced Nirvana Torbati Nejad to pay a fine of 300 million rials. In the same case, she had previously been sentenced by Branch 1 of the Gorgan Revolutionary Court to six months’ imprisonment.
Earlier, on February 22, 2026, she was arrested by Public Security and Intelligence Police during a memorial ceremony marking the 40th day after the death of Hossein Soleimani, who was killed during the January protests. She was released 16 days later after posting bail.
In a separate case, Torbati Nejad was prosecuted on charges of membership in an anti-state group with the intent to undermine national security, as well as assembly and collusion to commit crimes against internal security. She was initially sentenced to 10 months in prison and fined 20 million rials but was acquitted of all charges on appeal.
She had also been arrested by security forces at her workplace on September 10, 2023, and was released on October 5, 2023, under judicial supervision.
According to published reports, hearings in her two pending judicial cases are scheduled to be held before Branch 1 of the Gorgan Revolutionary Court in late July.
