Forough Taghipour

She was arrested on the charge of “cooperating with opposition groups”

• <coverage-outsourcing id='30255'> Zahra Safaei, Parasto Moeini, Foroogh Taghipour, and Nasim Jabbari were arrested by intelligence agents. Mrs. Jaberi was released on bail a month later. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40679'> Zahra Safaei, Parastou Moeini, and Forough Taghipour were transferred from Ward 209 to Qarchak Prison in late April 2020. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30259'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-24518/'> According to HRANA, Forough Taghipour has contracted coronavirus and the prison authorities have not transferred her to the hospital. She had previously lost consciousness in Qarchak Prison and was transferred to an undisclosed location for a few days. Parastou Moeini has also shown symptoms of illness but since she has not been examined, her illness is unknown. The two were returned to Evin Prison along with Zahra Safaei on April 23rd. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33157'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-27073/'> HRANA reports the problems of women political prisoners in Qarchak prison. According to the report, the political prisoners transferred to Qarchak prison to pressure them without observing the separation of accusations. At least 16 defendants and political prisoners are being kept in this prison without observing the principle of separation of accusations and being deprived of basic facilities. Also, the inferior quality of prison food, lack of necessary facilities, the problem of the prison sewage system, constant shortage of freshwater, lack of medical and sanitary facilities, especially after the outbreak of coronavirus, lack of medical deployments, and high prison density cause many problems for These prisoners. Seventeen women prisoners such as Golrokh Ebrahimi Erayi, Marjan Davari, Kylie Moore Gilbert, Elham Barmaki, Zahra Safaei, Parastoo Moeini, ‌ Forough Taghipour, Leila Mirghafari, Pirzad Hamidi Shafaq, Zohreh Sarv, Fereshteh Didani, Soheila Hejab, Samira Hadian, Gita Hor, Zeinab Alipour, Raha Ahmadi and Leila Akbari are being kept in this prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40682'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-27302/'> HRANA reported that the trial session of Forough Taghipour will be held at the 28th branch of the revolutionary court of Tehran on January 6th. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40684'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-35913/'> Forough Taghipour and Nasim Jabbari were sentenced by Judge Amouzad of the 28th branch of the revolutionary court of Tehran to five years in prison. According to HRANA, Ms. Taghipour has been sentenced to five years in prison for the charge of membership in a dissident organization (MKO), and three years in prison for assembly and conspiracy to act against national security. She was also convicted of propaganda against the state, but HRANA has not reported the sentence that she received for that charge. After applying article 134 of the IPC, five years of her sentence is enforceable. According to HRANA, the appeal court has cleared Ms. Jabbari of all charges and Ms. Taghipour’s verdict was confirmed verbatim. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42894'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-37369/?tg_rhash=22a41dd9689763'> With the complaint of the General Directorate of Prisons of Tehran Province, the 3rd Investigation Branch of the Evin Prosecutor's Office opened a joint case against 14 prisoners of the women's ward of this prison. According to HRANA, Fariba Asadi, Shakila Monfared, Saba Kord Afshari, Forough Taghipour, Prastou Moini, Raheleh Ahmadi, Zahra Safaei, Alieh Motalebzadeh, Narges Mohammadi, Marzieh Farsi, Fereshteh Alsadat Mohammadi, Azam Khezri Javadi (Nasrin Javadi), Narges Adibi and Esrin Darkaleh have faced a new case due to their request not to use handcuffs and shackles when being taken to judicial authorities. According to this report, the General Directorate of Prisons of Tehran Province has claimed in its complaint sheet that following the opposition of the prison authorities to the demand of the mentioned prisoners to be sent to the judicial authorities without handcuffs and shackles, the protesting prisoners started a sit-in at the entrance of the prison. HRANA wrote that the accusations brought against these women prisoners are "disruption of public order, assembly and collusion against the system, insulting the authorities and disobeying the prison officers". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47341'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-39747/'> She was released from prison. 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>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53635'> <reference source='https://t.me/bidarzani/13196'> According to Bidaarzani, Forough Taghipour and Marzieh Farsi were arrested again in Tehran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53637'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-43446/'> HRANA wrote that despite the passage of 19 days since their arrest, Marzieh Farsi and Forough Taghipour are still in custody in the detention center of the Ministry of Intelligence known as Ward 209 of Evin Prison. According to this report, they only had two short phone calls with their families. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53640'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-45563/'> Marzieh Farsi, Forough Taghipour and Nasim Gholamifard were charged in Evin courthouse. These people were accused of uprising against Islamic rule (Baghye) for "collaborating with one of the dissident groups". Announcing this news, HRANA wrote: > Accusation of Baghye can lead to punishments such as execution, crucifixion, amputation of the right hand and left foot, or exile. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55730'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-46904/'> Marzieh Farsi and Forough Taghipour were each sentenced to 15 years in prison in absentia by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Iman Afshari. While announcing this news, HRANA wrote, quoting an informed source, that this sentence was announced to them by the defense lawyers of Ms. Farsi and Taghipour in prison. This report does not mention the charge leading to conviction. However, according to the subject of Article 288 of the Criminal Code, the punishment for this charge is third-degree penal servitude (10 to 15 years of imprisonment). </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>