Mahour Ahmadi

Mahour Ahmadi is a poet and movie actor. She was summoned and eventually sentenced to a fine instead of imprisonment for carrying the coffin of his father, Ahmadreza Ahmadi, a prominent and famous Iranian poet, and her presence in this funeral ceremony without the obligatory hijab.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='56508'> <reference source='https://www.iranintl.com/202307132181'> According to the report of Iran International, at her father Ahmadreza Ahmadi's funeral ceremony, Mahour Ahmadi gave a speech without wearing the mandatory hijab even though the officials of the Children and Adolescent Intellectual Development Center tried to prevent her from speaking. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56509'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/C4QTuZ2tshH/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link'> A few months later, Mahour Ahmadi wrote on her Instagram page that 10 days after her father's burial, she received a summons and had to leave the trip to the north of Iran with her mother halfway and return to Tehran. According to Ms. Ahmadi, the investigator of the 4th branch of the Culture and Media Prosecutor's Office, who did not know her father, asked her, "Why were you a pallbearer at your father's funeral?" And she replied: > Why shouldn't I have been? Is it haram [for a woman to be a pallbearer]? Do you have children? If one day your child dies, won't you carry his coffin? Ms. Ahmadi added that she was accused of encouraging corruption and the removal of hijab in public places, but after her explanation, the charge of encouraging corruption was removed. Mahour Ahmadi also wrote that his case was sent to Branch 1099 of the Criminal Court 2 of Tehran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56510'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/C4QTuZ2tshH/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link'> A few months later, Mahour Ahmadi wrote on her Instagram account that she was sentenced to 10 days in prison by Branch 1099 of the Criminal Court of Tehran, which, according to the ruling of the court, was converted into a fine of 15 million Rials instead of imprisonment. Ms. Ahmadi wrote in this post that on the last day of the deadline for paying the fine, due to a problem that occurred for one of her lawyer's clients, she could not pay the fine on time, and because of this, her bank accounts and mobile phone line were seized. At the end, she added: > Seizure of property for not paying a fine of 15 million rials for mourning my father. I was no longer angry, it was funny to me. In the end, I paid this amount in the sentence enforcement office and the case was closed. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56511'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/C4QTuZ2tshH/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link'> On International Women's Day, Mahour Ahmadi explained the case filed against her and its proceedings on her account on Instagram. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>