Tayyebeh Nazari Makiabadi, a retired teacher and a justice seeking mother has been sentenced to five years in prison by the Iranian judiciary.
Tayyebeh Nazari, a resident of Sirjan in Kerman Province, is the mother of Maryam Arvin, a lawyer who died after imprisonment during nationwide protests in 2022.
was sentenced by the Revolutionary Court in Mashhad to a total of five years of imprisonment on charges including “assembly and collusion against national security” and “propaganda activities against the state.”
According to the court verdict, the charges against Nazari were based on actions such as traveling from Sirjan to Mashhad, participating in protest gatherings in response to calls circulated on social media, extensive activity on social media platforms, and chanting protest slogans.
Tayyebeh Nazari was arrested on December 12, 2025, during a security forces raid on a memorial ceremony marking the seventh day after the death of Khosrow Alikurdi, a Kurdish lawyer, in Mashhad. At least 40 political activists and members of families seeking justice for victims were also detained during the event.
Mrs. Nazari is the mother of Maryam Arvin, a young lawyer who was arrested in Sirjan during the nationwide protests in 2022 for providing legal representation to detained protesters. Arvin died sometime after her temporary release under circumstances that her family and close associates have described as suspicious.
