Monireh Montazeri

Munireh Montazeri is a photographer living in Yazd. Due to her activities, she was arrested on several occasions and the last time was during the uprising of 2022.

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='48220'> <reference source='https://iranwire.com/fa/jinac/41534/'> According to IranWire she was arrested by the security forces and was released after three days. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48219'> <reference source='https://iranwire.com/fa/jinac/41534/'> Her Instagram account was seized by cyber police after being summoned. According to IranWire, this photographer's Instagram page has more than 20,000 followers. Monireh Montazeri wrote in a note announcing this news that FATA (cyber) police officers took over her Instagram account, deleted some photos, changed the password of the page and wrote in the introduction section of her page: > Due to the publication of illegal images on this page by order of "the respected judicial authority, the page was temporarily removed from the admin's reach. She also added that when the agents took over her Instagram account, they deleted photos of girls whose hair was visible. According to Monireh Montazeri, she must return to FATA police in ten days. According to the report of Iranwire, FATA Police has changed the photo of Monireh Montazeri's profile page to the logo of FATA Police. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48222'> <reference source='https://x.com/moniirre/status/1707023881767154100?s=20'> According to HRANA she was released on bail after 124 days. On February 5th, 2023, the Islamic Republic's Judiciary issued a memo that announced the beginning of the process of releasing some of the protesters arrested during the 2022 national uprising. According to the judiciary's Mizan website, and latest comments made by the spokesperson for the judiciary, this "pardon" is in honor of the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution and contingent on the prisoners expressing regret; The pardon is not extended to cases with charges such as "connection to dissident groups", and "destruction of public property". However, many of the released prisoners have posted videos and notes saying they never requested a pardon and never expressed regret. There are even videos of female activists taking off their hijab and chanting against the Islamic Republic in front of the prison moments after their release. The release of prisoners being called a pardon has caused massive reaction online and some activists on social media and human rights organizations consider it a PR stunt to repair some of the damage to Ali Khamenei's image. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>