Kosar Eftekhari

Kosar Eftekhari was born in Mamqan city and is a theater actor who graduated from Al-Zahra University. During the 2022 uprising, she lost sight in her right eye after being shot by government agents in Tehran. Sometime later, Kosar Eftekhari was sentenced to prison by the Revolutionary Court of Tehran.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='62135'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/hb8c7an7'> At the same time as nationwide protests in response to Mahsa Amini's murder, Kosar Eftekhari was arrested by security forces at the entrance of the "Vali Asr" subway and taken to Tehran Security Police Base 3 detention center. According to IranWire, she was released after six days. In an interview with IranWire, Kosar Eftekhari said: > We were sexually molested during searches several times a day. It was like sexual humiliation; to torment us. They searched our underwear. Women came and searched our upper body and lower body with their hands. Well, they had searched already, we didn't have anything with us. We were in their custody. They kept interrogating and beating us. They wanted to hurt us so much that if we were freed, we wouldn't have the courage to participate in the protests anymore. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='62136'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/hb8c7an7'> She lost sight in her right eye after being shot by government officials near the Revolution Square in Tehran. In an interview with IranWire, Kosar Eftekhari said that she had gone to the streets during the nationwide protests of 2022. Describing the details of her altercation with the security agents, she said: > I knew that I was afraid of the special forces of the Islamic Republic. I told myself that I had to eradicate this fear. I said to myself, I will pass through these units who are standing with AK-47s in front of the people. Suddenly, one of the special forces pushed me from behind. I said, why are you pushing me? I started arguing with him. Two or three of his colleagues also came and had a verbal altercation with me. A uniformed person standing next to them shot my body with a paintball gun. He shouted at me, if you don't leave, I will shoot you in the eye. He repeated several times. Ms. Eftekhari says that she fell a few meters away from the security forces because of the paintball bullets. She says that at that moment she saw the officers pulling two women by their shawls. According to Kosar Eftekhari, after she objected to this action of the officers, the same uniformed guard carried out hs threat and targeted her eye. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='62137'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CvhLdILszwO/'> According to the picture of the notification that Kosar Eftekhari published on her Instagram page, she was summoned by the third investigation branch of the Evin Prosecutor's Office headed by Mohammad Reza Mohammadi to present her defense. The image of this summons is available in the Supporting Evidence section of the profile. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='62138'> <reference source='https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=VsHGz4Hgsv8'> The court hearing of the charges against Kosar Eftekhari was held in Branch 26 of Tehran Revolutionary Court. By publishing a video, Ms. Eftekhari announced that she was accused of assembly and collusion, and propaganda against the system. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='62139'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/hb8c7an7'> After her last trial session, she was sentenced to four years and three months in prison by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court, five months of which will be enforced. It seems that the court suspended three years and 10 months of her sentence. Kosar Eftekhari, announcing that Judge Iman Afshari sentenced her to prison, told Iranwire: > They wanted to shut down my online activity as well. The sentence given to me by Iman Afshari was four years and three months of prison, of which five months were enforceable; Provided that if I published even a photo without explanation, the full sentence would have been enforced." In addition to this prison sentence, he prohibited me from using a smartphone, communicating with the media, and using the internet. He banned me from leaveing the country as well. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='62140'> <reference source='https://ir.voanews.com/a/iran-judge-women-troubling-blinded-eyes/7586972.html'> In an interview with the Voice of America, Kosar Eftekhari said that during her hearing, the judge of the case told her: > A rioter should be blinded in both eyes, you should thank God that only one of your eyes has been blinded. According to the Iran Prisons Atlas, the judge of Ms. Eftekhari's case was Iman Afshari, the head of branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>