Sanam Kazeruni

Sanam Kazeruni is an Iranian-British environmental activist and author. She was arrested during the 2022 nationwide uprising.

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='45259'> <reference source='http://rlu.ru/3dPia'> According to IranWire, she was arrested in October by the security forces near her house in Isfahan. She was arrested at the same time as the uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='45260'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-38823/'> According to HRANA there is still no information on her whereabouts. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48434'> <reference source='http://rlu.ru/3dPia'> After enduring 64 days in solitary confinement, Sanam Kazeruni was transferred to Dolatabad Women's Prison in Isfahan. While announcing this news, Iranwire wrote: > In her first phone call after being transferred to the public cell and having access to the phone, Sanam Kazeruni said that she spent 64 days in solitary confinement and was subjected to severe and non-stop interrogations with four spotlights on her face and "During the interrogation, a lie detector was attached to her. In this phone call, describing the pressures on her during this period, Sanam Kazeruni told one of her relatives: > I was losing my mind. According to this report, in most of the interrogations, the interrogators focused on the dual citizenship of this writer. IranWire quoted a friend of Sanam Kazeruni who wrote that she was accused of espionage: > 10 years ago, Sanam traveled to Lebanon with Christian missions and stayed there for a while. This matter has been used against her as spying for the State of Israel. Ms. Kazeruni's friend called her interrogator "Sabbagh" and told IranWire that Sabbagh used Christianity as one of the examples of Sanam Kazeruni's accusations. IranWire's source also said that a polygraph device was connected to Sanam Kazeruni during the interrogation: During the interrogations, they connected a lie detector to Sanam Kazeruni, which declared she was telling the truth; But the interrogators of Ms. Kazeruni said that the reason for the negative result of the lie detector is that she was trained in Israel how to control her mind. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48436'> <reference source='https://rb.gy/gtyk1k'> According to IranWire, she was released on a bail of 10 billion rials. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>