Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee

Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee

Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee was arrested and sentenced to prison for her political and human rights activities and also an unpublished story.

  • <coverage-outsourcing id='7617'> Arash Sadeghi, Golrokh Iraee, Behnam Mousivand, and Navid Kamran were arrested by Revolutionary Guard agents from Sarallah headquarters. The agents only had a warrant for the arrest of Arash Sadeghi. Therefore aside from Arash Sadeghi, the rest were not accepted by Evin Prison and were sent to a different detention center. The next day they were transferred to Evin court and later to the prison. Arash Sadeghi was kept in solitary confinements of ward 2-A for six months. According to Golrokh Iraee's interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights, the majority of their charges were related to their online activities like sharing the news about political prisoners on their Facebook page, and their communications with the families of those killed by the regime. Bahnam and Navid were released that same week </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='7618'> According to Harana, about ten civil activists gathered in front of Evin Prison and asked for the freedom of Arash Sadeghi, Golrokh Iraee, Atena Farghdani, and Omid Alishenas </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='7619'> According to Harana, Golrokh Iraee was released from Evin Prison on a bail of eighty million tomans </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='7621'> Arash Sadeghi's second court session and the first court session for Navid Kamran, Behnam Mousivand, and Golrokh Iraee was held. Golrokh Iraee was hospitalized, but despite providing medical evidence, judge Salavati tried her in absentia </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='7622'> Arash Sadeghi told Radio Farda that he has received a sentence of fifteen years in prison and his wife received six years in prison. He said his charges are Assembly and conspiracy against the regime, Insulting the founder of Islamic Republic, Propaganda against the regime, and Forming an illegal group, and his wife's charges are blasphemy and propaganda against the regime. He also reported the conviction of Behnam Mousivand and Navid Kamran to eighteen months in prison for the charge of propaganda against the regime. He said judge Salavati did not allow his attorney to study the case, but he will object to the issued verdict </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='7623'> Their appeal trial was held in branch 54 of the Tehran Appeal Court presided by judges Pour Arab and Babayi. Arash Sadeghi was sentenced to 15 years (and enforcement of his previously suspended 4 years), Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee 6 years, Navid Kamran to 1 year (and enforcement of his previously suspended 2 years), and Behnam Mousivand to 1 year (and enforcement of his previously suspended 2 years) in prison. In this session, judge Babayi told Golrokh Iraee that if it was his decision, he would have sentenced Golrokh Iraee to death </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='7647'> Amnesty International condemned the sentences issued for Arash Sadeghi and Golrokh Iraee, and referred to them as unjust </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='7624'> Golrokh Iraee told the International Campaign for Human Rights that the basis for her five year sentence was blasphemy, unpublished writings, and her Facebook posts in defense of Shahin Najafi. She also mentioned that she received an extra one year sentence on the charge of propaganda against the regime, due to her communications with families of the killed activists, political prisoners, and unpublished videos of her during the 2009 demonstrations </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='8089'> It was reported that Golrokh received a threatening phone call from the office of Intelligence Ministry in Amol </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='9592'> At the same time that Navid Kamran was arrested for the enforcement of his sentence, security forces contacted and told her that they have a warrant for her arrest </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='9642'> Amnesty International published a statement calling her charges "absurd" and her punishment "punishing creativity and freedom of speech" </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='9756'> Amnesty International condemned her arrest </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='9755'> Sarallah forces went to her house without an arrest warrant. When Golrokh Iraee refused to open the door they broke the door down and arrested her without providing a warrant or identification. Golrokh's mother told Harana that the agents did not allow her to take her medicine with her and instead told her that "You don't need drugs. You don't have much life left, you will stay there until you die!" </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='9757'> Arash Sadeghi wrote her a letter saying he will stand with her. He also announced that if Golrokh is incarcerated, he will go on an unlimited hunger strike </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='9865'> According to Harana, she has met with her mother. She said in this visitation that the prison judge -Mr. Hajiloo- has prevented her from meeting with Arash Sadeghi and has conditioned it to Arash ending his hunger strike </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='9889'> According to Zamaneh, political prisoners Saeed Shirzad, Behnam Mousivand, and Ali Moezzi, currently held at Rajayi Shahr Prison in city of Karaj, wrote a letter condemning the arrest of Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='9895'> Arash Sadeghi wrote a letter examining the numerous legal violations in Golrokh Ebrahimi's case. This letter is documented in the Supporting Evidence section of this page </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='10294'> He had his first visit with his wife in the Verdict Enforcement Office of Evin Prison. But he did not end his hunger strike and said it will end when illegal procedures in Golrokh Iraee's case are stopped </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='10285'> In a letter to the directing board of the Bar Association as a "Judicial association outside the power structure", Arash Sadeghi counted the incidents of violation of the fair trial procedures. This letter is documented in the Supporting Evidence section of this page </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='10573'> Golrokh Iraee wrote a letter to Arash asking him to end his hunger strike. In this letter she also addressed the international human rights organizations and asked them to react "against Arash's silent death" and to "prevent an irreversible incident." The letter published by Harana is documented in the Supporting Evidence section of this page </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='10634'> Amnesty International published a call-out for send letters to Iranian authorities and asking them to stop Arash and Golrokh's sentences, investigate Arash Sadeghi's torture claims, and to abolish stoning as a sentence. This call-out has been documented in the Supporting Evidence section of this page </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='10858'> A group of prisoners in women's ward of Evin Prison organized a gathering in protest to the refusal of prison authorities to allow visitation for Golrokh Iraee and Arash Sadeghi . As a result, the prisoner couple was allowed a visit in the Verdict Enforcement office </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='10708'> Arash Sadeghi wrote a letter to his wife Golrokh, titled "Brick walls are nothing compared to the pain of being apart". This letter which was published by Harana is documented in the Supporting Evidence section of this page </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='10830'> According to Harana, she has received verbal confirmation of the enforcement of Article 134 and reduction of her verdict to five years, but this change is not mentioned in "prisoner status" yet </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='10790'> According to Harana, an event was held for "The International Day of Human Rights" in the women's ward. In this gathering, Atena Daemi, Maryam Naghash Zargaran, Mahvash Shahriari, Fahimeh Arafi, Sotoodeh Fazel, Maryam Akbari Monfared, Fatemeh Mosanna, Golrokh Iraee, Fariba Kamal Abadi, Mahin Izadi, Reyhaneh Tabatabaee, Ameneh Jaberi, and Narges Mohammadi made speeches and had discussions regarding human rights issues </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='10893'> Golrokh Iraee wrote a letter describing her last visit with Arash Sadeghi and his terrible health. She also reported that her weekly phone access has been revoked and she has no news of her husband. She wrote that the authorities "have no other motive" for doing this "but to put more pressure on me and Arash." She emphasized that "in case of an irreversible event, the responsibility lies with the prosecution, the Judiciary, and the organization that arrested him (The Revolutionary Guard)." The letter is documented in the Supporting Evidence section of this page </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='10910'> Several prominent political, cultural, and human rights activists published an open letter emphasizing the legal rights of Arash Sadeghi and Golrokh Iraee, and requested the unconditional freedom of these two. The signatories of this letter are Babak Ahmadi, Mostafa Badkoobei, Nasrin Sotudeh, Abdolfattah Soltani, Shirin Ebadi, Abolfazl Ghadyani, and Ahmad Montazeri. This letter is documented in the Supporting Evidence section of this page </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='12140'> In the last days of Arash Sadeghi's hunger strike, and the weeks after that, aside from the National TV, a massive and unconventional amount of accusations, against Arash Sadeghi and Golrokh Iraee and the human rights activists supporting them, were published in the media close to security forces. The accusations included "espionage", "treason", "being Salafis", "heretics", and many other various and sometimes contradictory accusations which Atlas will not indulge in </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='11106'> In a letter to the supreme leader of Iran, 53 journalists and political activists stated that he is responsible for the life of Morteza Moradpour, Arash Sadeghi, and Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee and other political prisoners </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='11414'> While emphasizing the necessity of upholding Human Rights principles, the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked the Iranian government to release Arash Sadeghi, Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, Mohammad Reza Nekoonam, and Morteza Moradpour </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='11631'> Amir Raeesian told ILNA that Arash Sadeghi and Gholrokh Iraee will be released on temporary leave. According to Mr. Raeesian's statement, Arash Sadeghi's release will be for medical leave. This news had a strong impact in Persian virtual sphere </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='11655'> Amir Raeesian told Amad News that Golrokh Iraee's 500 million toman bail has been paid and she will be released on temporary leave in two days. Arash Sadeghi will end his hunger strike immediately after Golrokh's release from prison and be transferred to hospital </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='11653'> Hundreds of citizens gathered in front of Evin Prison in support of Arash Sadeghi and Golrokh Iraee </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='11693'> Amnesty International released a statement criticizing the Iranian judicial authorities for "delay in releasing Arash Sadeghi and Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee", and asked them to stop "playing games with the life" of Arash Sadeghi </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='11677'> Around noon, with the release of Golrokh Iraee, Arash Sadeghi ended his hunger strike and began his treatment by consenting to a serum injection </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='11678'> A group of citizens tried to organize another assembly by gathering in front of Evin Prison. The intervention by the security forces prevented this assembly </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='11702'> Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee told The International Campaign for Human Rights that the prosecutor's office has confirmed that there were violations in her case, and according to the law, they have to postpone the execution of the verdict until the appeal; but they have not, and the issue of temporary leave was only brought up this week. She added that her temporary leave is for four days, and despite the permit and a letter from the prosecutor's office, Arash Sadeghi has not been transferred to a hospital. Branch 33 of the supreme court presided by Judge Niazi is ready to review the appeal request, but Judge Salavati has not sent them the case yet. Arash's weight has dropped to 49 Kilograms, and during Arash's hunger strike "she was under all sorts of pressure" and was even denied phone privileges; she met Arash twice during his hunger strike, and the last week of the hunger strike was the worst time she ever had because although she had received the permission to visit Arash after 60 days of hunger strike, she was not allowed to visit him, and that was very alarming </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='11759'> The "Twenty Thirty" news program on IRIB Channel Two, showed a documentary about Arash Sadeghi and Golrokh Iraee. In this film, Golrokh's support of the prisoners was presented as her support of their political views. A few days later, Channel One news broadcasted a similar film </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='11778'> According to Harana, Arash's temporary leave or transfer to prison is now contingent on Golrokh Iraee's return to prison. Based on the report and the image of a summons paper for Golrokh Iraee's guarantor -which is documented in the Supporting Evidence section of this page- Golrokh's temporary leave was not extended </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='12004'> While Arash Sadeghi's health has reached critical conditions, the Revolutionary Guard is refusing to transfer him to the hospital or release him on temporary leave and has made that contingent to Golrokh Iraee's return to prison. Despite the fact that Golrokh Iraee's appeal request has been accepted and her sentence must be suspended until the appeal verdict, in accordance with Article 478 of the criminal code. Article 478 states: "If the supreme court decides an appeal trial is necessary, or the appeal request has been accepted in accordance with Article 477, execution of the sentence must be postponed until the appeal court ruling </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='12408'> Golrokh Iraee was on her way to visit Arash Sadeghi in Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital when she was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison. According to Harana, Saeed Eghbali, who was accompanying her, was also arrested </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='12481'> Amnesty International condemned the rearrest of Golrokh Iraee, and called it "arbitrary and unjust" </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='12729'> Harana published a letter from Golrokh Iraee about Arash Sadeghi's hunger strike, details of the temporary leave, rearrest, and Revolutionary Guard's interference in overturning the decisions made by the judiciary. The letter titled "I fear for Arash's life" is documented in the Supporting Evidence section of this page </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='12865'> According to Harana, in protest to Shahnaz Akmali's arrest, Narges Mohammadi, Atena Daemi, Maryam Akbari Monfared, and Golrokh Iraee sent a letter from the Women's Ward of Evin Prison demanding her immediate and unconditional release </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='13721'> Arash Sadeghi was taken to the local public health clinic. According to Hrana, the doctor at the clinic said that Arash needed a protein injection, and for that, he had to be taken to the hospital. As stated by Hrana, he has filed a complaint against Sarallah IRGC about preventing him from being transferred to the hospital as well as not sending Golrokh Iraee's case to the Supreme Court despite the prosecutor's order. According to Hrana, the IRGC intends to dissuade him from pursuing the complaint by putting this sort of pressure on him. </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='16321'> According to HRANA, his prison sentence was reduced to 30 months from 60 months due to Nowrooz Amnesty. Article 134 had been previously applied which brought down the enforceable sentence to five years </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='14542'> In the eleventh year of the incarceration of Zeinab Jalalian, Golrokh wrote her a letter, you can find the letter, published by HRANA, in the evidence section of this page </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='14431'> Hrana published a text by Arash Sadeghi in which freedom of expression was discussed and the sentencing of dissidents and critics, including Golrokh Iraee, was criticized. The text is available in the Supporting Evidence section of Arash Sadeghi’s profile. </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='16174'> Radio Zamaneh published a note from her about the Islamic Republic's governments. This text is available in the Supporting Evidence section of this profile. </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='14992'> HRANA published a letter from Golrokh Iraei about the condition of Atena Daemi. In this letter she maintains, “Atena didn’t believe in hunger strikes and saw the act as self-inflicted violence. But, she had gotten to a point where she sees no other way than hurting herself and forcing herself to go down a spiral of doom. She has no other weapon.” She signed the letter, “friend and ward-mate of Atena the witness to the pain of her difficult days”,and warns about the danger that is threatening Atena Daemi’s health writing, “something has to be done before it is too late” </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='21283'> Atena Daemi and Golrokh Ebrahimi were beaten up again and sent from the Section Three of the Qarchak Prison to the Mothers’ Section of the same prison. According to HRANA, first a number of dangerous convicts entered the section and threatened these two political prisoners with beating them up due to “their insults to the Supreme Leader” and then attacked them. Other prisoners intervened to help Atena and Golrokh which is when the prison officials came in and took part in beating these two political prisoners up and taking a video from them before sending them to the Mothers’ Section </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='18264'> HRANA published an open letter written by Arash Sadeghi. In this letter, he describes the collusion of different regime institutions in tampering the rights of prisoners, and the abuse inflicted on Golrokh Iraee by one of the IRGC interrogators. Arash Sadeghi writes that this IRGC agent has told Golrokh Iraee and her father, in 2014, that “if she divorces me, she (Golrokh) will be pardoned. Unfortunately, the same agent who belongs to the student interrogation team of the IRGC, began from the very same day to bother my wife, sending her texts of an immoral nature in order to strike a courtship, for which he was sternly reprimanded by my wife and which led the intelligence agent, in turn, to threaten her with causing me and her trouble if she were to report him.” Arash Sadeghi, then explains, that their complaints were ignored by the judiciary despite the texts that were turned in as evidence to the deputy prosecutor of the time, who told them that “we have no power over Intelligence Ministry.” Mr. Arash Sadeghi, also, personally, submitted a complaint, on March 13m 2015, to representative of the prosecutor general for political prisoners’ affairs, and during his 72 day hunger strike he gave another complaint to the counselor in charge of Evin prison, but both these complaints were to no avail and remained unanswered </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='16175'> Radio Zamaneh published a note from her criticizing pro-state artists. This text is available in the Supporting Evidence section of this profile. </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='16825'> Atena Daemi and Golrokh Irani, in a letter that was published in the human rights media, criticized the foreign ambassadors who visited Evin prison, and described Evin prison before and after the visit.This letter can be found in the evidence section of this page </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='18234'> Arash Sadeghi published a note on the occasion of Golrokh Iraee's birthday. This letter is available in the Supporting Evidence section of this profile. </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='17172'> Appeal request of Arash Sadeqi and Golrokh Irayi was rejected by the Branch 33 of the Supreme Court headed by Judge Niazi, a credible source tells the IPA </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='18243'> Golrokh Iraee and several other political prisoners in the women's ward of Evin Prison issued a statement expressing concern over the relocation of Rajai Shahr Prison's political prisoners. The statement was published by Defenders of Human Rights Center. </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='18577'> According to Hrana, Golrokh Iraee, Atena Daemi, and Maryam Akbari Monfared wrote a letter supporting the prisoners on hunger strike in Rajai Shahr, urging the international human rights organizations and political activists to help. "Under the rule of the Islamic State, many moans have been muffled in throats, lots of blood has been unjustly shed, countless rights have been violated, and many unfair sentences have been pronounced, and the prisoners' only weapon has been the hunger strike." </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='18730'> As reported by Hrana, PEN International, together with Amnesty International, have written a letter to Golrokh Iraee as part of the "Free as a Bird" campaign and sent her the book "Conversation Guards" signed by its author. The letter is available in the Supporting Evidence section of this profile. </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='18843'> Atena Daemi, Golrokh Ebarhimi and Maryam Akbari Monfared, wrote a letter asking human rights activists and organizations to put their efforts in demanding the nullification of the verdict against Mohammad Ali Taheri and demanding his freedom </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='19162'> A letter attributed to Golrokh Iraee was published in which she had strongly criticized the Iranian State's authorities and warned them about Saeed Shirzad's health. </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='20050'> According to Hrana, Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee and Maryam Akbari Monfared wrote a letter asking for maintenance of the supports for Mohammad Nazari. </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='19523'> Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraei wrote a letter discussing the behavior of the prison wardens & authorities, the dissolution of ward 350 and the exile of Arash Sadeghi to Rajaei Shahr prison. In her criticism of Javad Zarif, she wrote, “Unlike him, As an Iranian, I have devoted my peace of mind, my security, my health and comfort to the improvement of conditions in my country, I’m not only not an IRGC fan (a sepahi), but I am in prison because of protesting this atmosphere of suppression in society that has been created by IRGC”. This letter can be found in the evidence section of this page </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='19614'> Atena Daemi and Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee wrote a letter addressing issues related to the shutdown of Ward 350 of Evin Prison and Arash Sadeghi’s deportation to Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj. This letter, published by Hrana, is available in the Supporting Evidence section of this profile. </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='20111'> HRANA reported that since Arash Sadeghi's deportation to Rajaei Shahr prison, he and Golrokh Iraei have not met </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='20088'> Hrana published a letter from her. Golrokh Iraei, in this letter, has assessed the acceptance of Maryam Akbari Monfared's complaint about the executions of the 80s by the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances as a positive step and called on the families of the executed to petition as private plaintiff, the same as Ms. Akbari Monfared </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='21120'> According to Atlas, Atena Daemi and Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee were deprived of telephone calls and visits at Qarchak prison in Varamin. This deprivation lasted for a few weeks </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='20595'> HRANA reported that Atena Daemi and Golrokh Ebrahimi had been charged with "disturbing the prison’s order" </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='20639'> Atena Daemi and Golrokh Ebrahimi were beaten by agents of ward 2A and exiled to the prison of Qarchak, Varamin. The detention order has been ordered by the head of ward 2A and Mr. Hajmoradi, the prison prosecutor’s representative. The "whispering of Shahinn Najafi's songs in jail" is said to be one of the examples provided in indiction of these two political prisoners </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='20694'> Arash Sadeghi went on hunger strike in protest of beating and exile of Atena Daemi and Golrokh Ebrahimi to Gharchak Prison. According to reports Soheil Arabi has also gone on hunger strike for the same reason </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='20803'> Arash Sadeghi, writing a letter to Asim Jahangir, Hassan al-Zayed, human rights advocates and "awake consciences" urged them to pursue the status of Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraee </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='20828'> Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraee announced in a letter that they are going on a hunger strike after a ten-day wait with the request of Sohail Arabi and their own return to previous wards. They also emphasized that they would not drink water from the 10th of February if their demands are not addressed. This letter has been recorded in the Evidence sections of their pages in Atlas </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='20829'> Amnesty International demanded the release of Atena Daemi, Golrokh Iraee and Arash Sadeghi. Due to a large number of cases, the Atlas will henceforth not record the reactions of human rights organizations to the case of these three except in exceptional cases. </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='20877'> Atena Daemi's mother told HRANA that Tehran's deputy prosecutor has torn her request to return Atena and Golrokh to Evin prison and thrown into the trash bin </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='20969'> Atena Daemi has reportedly released an audio file that she has ended her strike, and Golrokh Iraee will continue her protest with wet hunger strike </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='20920'> Soheil Arabi’s mother and Atena Daemi’s sister were subjected to beatings in Evin Court. Masoumeh Nemati told the Center for Human Rights in Iran that Atena Daemi has been facing blood pressure fluctuations and has gotten hives all over her body. Golrokh Iraee is said to have started hallucinating in the early hours of the morning, after which she lost consciousness </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='21068'> Zaynab Jalalian praised the resistance of both Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraee. This letter is recorded in the evidence section of Zeynab Jalalian's profile </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='21208'> HRANA reported that the hunger strike of Golrokh Iraee still continues in Gharchak prison. In recent days, she has been given an antinausea serum only once, but after the injection, her leg muscles get stiff and swollen. Based on this report, Golrokh Iraee and Atena Daemi are in a situation similar to solitary confinement. No one can contact them, and their contacts with their families are limited. According to Mr. Rostami and Mr. Hajmoradi, who are from Gharchak prison authorities, a transfer order has been issued by Tehran's Attorney General, Jafari Dolatabadi. He has not responded to the two letters of these two political prisoners so far </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='21452'> According to Hrana, Saeed Shirzad wrote a letter to Golrokh Iraee asking her to end her strike. "This is not what I expect you to do, but rather what I sincerely ask you to do. And the reason is neither trying to save your life and health, nor other people's demand. The only reason I'm asking you to do this is that you should be a thorn in the flesh of this pretentious world full of hypocrisy, and you should be the voice of the most deprived people in society, whose voice is never heard. </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='21447'> Hrana reported that Golrokh Iraee, after spending 54 days on hunger strike, has lost about 20 kilos, lost the ability to walk, and her blood pressure dropped sharply. On the basis of this report, one side of the Atena Daemi's face has also become numb </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='21469'> Several Twitter users supported him with the hashtag #SaveGolrokh. </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='21484'> Maryam Akbari Monfared began a three-day hunger strike in support of Golrokh Iraei </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='21776'> She ended her hunger strike. </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='22121'> Golrokh Iraei and Atena Daemi were transferred to the women ward of Evin prison </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='24227'> She was released from prison on bail </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='25685'> According to the IPA, the judge convicted Iman Afshari, Atena Dayemi and Golrokh Ebrahimi Irayi of “insulting” Ruhollah Khomeini and Ali Khamenei and sentenced them to two years and a month in prison and also of “propagating against the regime” which brought a separate sentence of one year and six months in prison. Article 134 reduction brings this down to two years and a month. Increase of the legal sentence has also happened due to article 137. Among the evidence used is protests against execution of Ramin Hosseinpanahi, Zaniar Moradi, Loghman Moradi; singing hymns in the meeting room and writing letters to those outside prison </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='26511'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2019/hranews/a-21811/'> It was reported that Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraei's sentence was confirmed by the Tehran Appeals Court </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='27452'> Was arrested without a warrant. The enforcement office had issued an order to transfer him to the Evin prison but the head of the Evin prison (Gholamreza Ziyayi) and the prosecutor in charge of political prisoners (Amin Vaziri) opposed this. He was not accepted in Evin and sent to Qarchak prison </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='28178'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2019/hranews/a-23221/'> According to Hrana, Golrokh Iraee and Arash Sadeghi have been deprived of visiting or calling each other. The deprivation began after Mrs. Iraee's repeated detention and it seems that the reason was the failure to define instruction of prison to prison visits among family members in Qarchak Prison </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='30060'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarhang.nu/archive/29280.htm'> According to Radio Farhang, a security and judicial institution has disapproved of Golrokh Iraee and Arash Sadeghi's temporary release. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='32482'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/letters/a-826/'> Golrokh Iraee, a political prisoner in Qarchak Prison in Varamin, wrote a letter on the anniversary of three political prisoners' (Zanyar Moradi, Loghman Moradi, and Ramin Hossein Panahi) execution, objecting to the working conditions of women working in prisons and the violation of prisoners' rights. In a part of her letter, she wrote: > From Haft Tappeh to Arak, from Tabriz to Bushehr and even to Qarchak Prison in Varamin, prison workers are deprived of fundamental rights to life and sentenced to the monotony of a mundane everyday routine. Here, not only doesn't anyone appreciate the workers' efforts or even properly pay their wages, but the workers aren't provided with appropriate work equipment that guarantees their health. "in a land whose freedom-seekers are killed by the state, it's no surprise for the workers to be deprived of their rights. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='33152'> <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='33760'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-27786/'> Golrokh Iraee was summoned to Evin Prison's Detention Center Two Alef (2A). According to Hrana, a letter was sent to Ms. Iraee, stating that she had to spend a week at Sar-Allah headquarters' detention center. Golrokh Iraee, referring to the fact that she was serving her sentence, considered the summons illegal and refused to accept it. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='33845'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-27896/'> About 20 male and female agents "beat" political prisoners in Ward 8 of Qarchak Prison. The move was made to transfer Golrokh Iraee to the high-security Ward Two Alef (2A) of Evin Prison, to which she was eventually transferred. It should be noted that, according to Hrana, the strictures have increased since Soghra Khodadadi came to power as the head of Qarchak prison. The most recent example of it was when she told the prisoners: > We have ordered chadors for all the prisoners, and all of them have to wear the chador hijab. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='34167'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-28294/'> HRANA reported that after a month since the violent transfer of Golrokh Iraee from Qarchak Prison to Ward 2-Alef of Evin Prison, there is no information on her condition and she has had no contact or visits with family. According to HRANA, the family asked Amin Vaziri to allow them visits or phone calls and alleviate their concerns and Vaziri responded: > Golrokh Iraee started the Qarchak sedition, if anything happened to her, she deserves it. On the other hand, it was reported that in recent days, Raouf, one of the IRGC Intelligence interrogators called the family and threatened them and said Golrokh Iraee is still under interrogation and they are not allowed to publicize her situation; therefore the family is concerned about new cases against her and her health. Her mother was hospitalized as a result of all the pressures and being in the dark about the fate of her daughter. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='34391'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-28497/'> She was transferred from IRGC Intelligence lockup (2-Alef) to Qarchak Varamin Prison. She was then exiled to Amol Prison. HRANA reported that since the moment of her arrival in Qarchak Prison, she was told that she is being denied phone calls and family visits. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='35545'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-29624/'> HRANA reported that branch 26 of the revolutionary court of Tehran presided by Judge Afshari sentenced Golrokh Iraee in absentia to one year in prison for propaganda against the state, two years ban on membership in political groups, and a two-year ban from leaving the country. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='39070'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Arash_sadeghii/status/1516377968611930114?s=20&t=mN6AS1b8OCcPOqVSEpMVNg'> Arash Sadeghi reported that Golrokh Iraee was moved out of Amol Prison without prior notice and was taken to Evin Court. After hours of indecision, she was returned to Amol Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='39071'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Arash_sadeghii/status/1516377971371782148?s=20&t=mN6AS1b8OCcPOqVSEpMVNg'> Since at least three weeks ago, Golrokh Iraee has refused phone calls and family visits in protest of the violations of the basic rights of prisoners and the physical abuse and assaults of prisoners by some guards in Amol Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='39212'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/akvanian/status/1523665800048955392?s=20&t=e7q6vFHsnOjbgcWlpth45w'> She was released from prison after merging her sentences. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='42333'> <reference source=''> She was arrested. According to IPA sources, she was beaten during the arrest, and her lower spine was seriously damaged. She was arrested during the 2022 national uprising. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='42348'> IPA sources reported that she is in Qarchak Varamin Prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='43454'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-37849/'> Golrokh Iraee is still in Qarchak Varamin Prison. HRANA reported that although her arrest warrant was extended, the Evin court has not set bail for her release. HRANA's sources reported: > Ms. Iraee is in quarantine in Qarchak Varamin Prison under bad conditions. There are almost 70 prisoners in that ward which is much more than capacity and causes many problems. She was reportedly transferred to Shapour lockup a while back for 10 days and was held in solitary under inhumane conditions. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='46243'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnlxaw7Kyhk/'> On her Instagram account, Narges Mohammadi published a report about the gross human rights violations in Evin Prison and mentioned that Golrokh Iraee was in solitary for 79 days. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='48323'> <reference source='https://t.me/bidarzani/12668'> She published a note on Bidar Zani channel titled: > Why do we keep getting suppressed and the voices of progressives inside the country isn't heard enough? </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='50539'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/akvanian/status/1646274958123778049'> Journalist Reza Akvanian reported that branch 26 of the revolutionary court of Tehran presided by Judge Iman Afshari sentenced Golrokh Iraee to six years in prison for assembly and collusion against national security, and one year in prison for propaganda against the state. She was also banned from leaving the country, membership in political parties, and presence in Tehran each for two years. Her phone was also confiscated (Article 134: six years enforceable). Reza Akvanian reported: > The maximum punishment for the charge of assembly and collusion is five years in prison. But the judge sentenced Golrokh to six years in prison and claimed it was due to the repeated offense. But Golrokh Iraee was never convicted of assembly and collusion in the past. Akvanian added: > The security institutions and the judiciary had pressured Golrokh Iraee and her family in various ways and told them that the only way for her to be released from prison is to write a request for pardon to the leader of the Islamic Republic Ali Khamenei; which was repeatedly rejected by Golrokh Iraee. Now Judge Afshari says since she didn't write the pardon request, he will not set bail for temporary release until the end of the trial procedure. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='50593'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/statements/a-686/'> 20 social, political, and civic activists released a statement condemning the prison sentence of Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee and demanded her immediate release. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='51014'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/42FkCBg'> Golrokh Iraee released a letter exposing the sexual assault, insults, and beatings of arrested protesters to force them to express regret, and said it is the same style of forcing prisoners to repent in the 1980s. She states that during the arrest she was beaten, and at the police station she was threatened and molested by the police and was forced to get naked and be searched. After rejecting Judge Afshari's demand for writing a pardon request, she was sentenced to prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='51837'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CsskTl2Kcqx/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=2e97bdec-cad7-4960-8b23-3bfb1260d8c0'> Narges Mohammadi and Golrokh Iraee lost their visitation privileges. Narges Mohammadi's Instagram page published this post and wrote that they have been banned from visitation since May 6, 2023, for sending their joint statement to the virtual conference named "To Save Iran". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='52623'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/IranIntl/status/1670786008600698881?s=20'> A source close to Golrokh Iraee's family told Iran International that Mrs. Iraee refused to participate in the appeals court, signing the pledge, and requesting amnesty. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='52622'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/golrokhiraee/status/1675434088142979073?s=20'> The Twitter page attributed to Golrokh Iraee wrote that she was sentenced to five years in prison, confiscation of his mobile phone, and additional punishments by the ruling of Abbas Ali Houzan and Khosrow Khalili Mehdirji, judges of Branch 36 of the Court of Appeals of Tehran Province. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>