Zahra Saeedianjou

Zahra Saeedianjou is the sister of Milad Saeedianjou, a protester who was killed during the Women, Life, Freedom uprising in Izeh.

The national uprising of 2022 centered around the “woman, life, freedom” slogan was triggered in response to the murder of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini. The protests began sporadically in several cities and online space but in just a few days it spread to dozens of cities across Iran and the goal of the protesters changed to overthrowing the regime. <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='52995'> According to an Atlas source, Zahra Saeedianjou was arrested and beaten on her brother's birthday, next to his grave. According to this source, she was released on bail a few hours later. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52957'> She was arrested in Tehran. According to an Atlas source, Zahra Saeedianjou was interrogated after being transferred to Ward 1-A, and the interrogators stated that the reason for her arrest was "sympathy for bereaved families". This source further said that the conditions of Ms. Saeedianjou's detention in ward 1-A were inappropriate. She was deprived of the right to visitation and contact with her family and did not receive proper and sufficient food during her detention in this ward. With the arrest of Zahra Saeedianjou, IRGC agents pressured and interrogated other members of Saeedianjou's family, including her mother. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55131'> According to an IPA source, Zahra Saeedianjou was transferred to Ahvaz Intelligence Detention Center after one week of detention in Ward 1-A of IRGC in Tehran. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55134'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-42760/'> She was transferred to HRANA Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55135'> <reference source='https://x.com/dadban4/status/1683433081804341249?s=20'> Dadban wrote: > It seems that the arrest of Zahra Saeedianjou is a retaliatory measure because the Saeedianjou family filed a murder complaint against the IRGC in the Izeh investigation and the case is open, and this is against the narrative and interpretation of the state that wants to blame the citizens in Izeh for the murder of Milad Saeedianjou. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55132'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/3u7kyan5'> According to IranWire, in a phone call from the IRGC intelligence detention center, she asked her family to "save" her from IRGC intelligence interrogators. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55133'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-42760/'> According to HRANA, she was released from Sepidar prison in Ahvaz after posting a bail of 10 billion rials. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55136'> <reference source='https://t.me/bidarzani/13449'> Bidarzani reported that Zahra Saidianjo received a death threat from some unknown motorcyclists on the street. According to this report, after her release from prison, she was fired from her workplace in Tehran's Mofid and Kian children's hospitals. The report states that Zahra Saeedianjou wrote on her personal Instagram page: > I declare that I, Zahra Saeedianjou, sister of the departed Milad Saeedianjou, have no physical or mental problems, I am completely healthy. I do not intend to commit suicide. In all the years of my life, I never had a special disease and I did not do any surgery, and today I am more full of passion for life than ever... </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55137'> <reference source='https://x.com/dadban4/status/1727321677359386624?s=20'> According to Dadban's report, on the eve of the anniversary of her brother's death, she was arrested by security agents in Izeh after being assaulted with batons and tasers and was taken to Sepidar prison in Ahvaz. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55138'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/dadban4/status/1727321677359386624'> According to Dadban, she has been in Solitary in Sepidar Prison since her arrest without the right to visit or phone calls. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55139'> <reference source='https://x.com/reza_shafakhah/status/1731196029213835274?s=20'> Attorney Reza Shafakhah wrote in a tweet that despite being Zahra Saeedianjou's attorney and his visit to the second investigation branch of the Izeh Prosecutor's Office, Investigator Hashemi refused to accept his representation citing Article 48 of the Criminal Procedure Law. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55140'> <reference source='https://x.com/fatemehheydari8/status/1731646748576059869?s=20'> Fatemeh Heydari wrote on her X account that after Saeedianjou's family went to the court to follow up on their daughter's situation, one of the employees of the Narges complex threatened to assault Zahra Saeedianjou's sister. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55143'> <reference source='https://x.com/reza_shafakhah/status/1732096188751532291?s=20'> Reza Shafakhah wrote in his X account that although the bail for Zahra Saeedianjou was set and the matter was referred to the official judicial expert to evaluate the property and announce the decision, the investigator of the second branch of the Izeh Prosecutor's Office refused to accept it and according to the family, the expert's decision has been rejected. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55144'> <reference source='https://x.com/reza_shafakhah/status/1733878120694821280?s=20'> Her attorney Reza Shafakhah announced her temporary release from the Sepidar Prison of Ahvaz. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56950'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/C4-HymkskTz/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link'> Omid and Zahra Saeedianjou were summoned to the Izeh Prosecutor's Office to provide the last defense for the charges of propaganda against the state, participation in the rally, insulting Khamenei, deceiving and inciting people to kill and disrupting public order. Omid Saeedianjou published the notification issued by the second branch of the Izeh Prosecutor's Office on his Instagram account which states no lawyer was allowed to enter this case and defend the defendants. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>