Golrokh Iraee is back in Qarchak Prison after 43 days of interrogation by the Intelligence of the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at Ward 2A of Evin Prison in Tehran.
20 prison guards in Qarchak Prison raided ward 8 of Qarchak Prison on December 13, 2020, and violently removed political prisoner Golrokh Iraee to send her to the IRGC Intelligence Ward 2A in Tehran’s Evin Prison.
She was returned to Qarchak Prison on Sunday, January 24, 2021, though she has been denied a telephone card to call her family.
Throughout her 43-day detention in Ward 2A of Evin Prison, there was no news available on her health and conditions. Evin Prison authorities denied that she was held in Ward 2A and intimidated her family.
Golrokh Iraee and her husband, Arash Sadeqi, were arrested at home on October 24, 2016. Without receiving a written summon, they were taken to Evin Prison. She was sentenced to one year in prison for “propaganda against the state” and five years for “insulting the sanctities” through writing an unpublished story against stoning.
Political prisoner Arash Sadeqi who suffers from cancer is detained in Gohardasht Prison (Rajaishahr) without receiving proper medical treatment. He is serving a 19-year prison term.
After an 81-day hunger strike, Golrokh Iraee was finally released from prison on April 8, 2019, after completing her first sentence, but had to deposit bail for her new prison sentence. Shortly afterwards, Ms. Iraee was rearrested and taken to Qarchak Prison to serve her 3 years and 7 months’ prison term.
Ms. Iraee’s family are extremely concerned about the summoning of their daughter, particularly that only one year remains from her time in prison.
Political prisoner Golrokh Iraee has been deprived of calling or visiting her husband during her new round of imprisonment in Qarchak Prison.
