Zahra Safaei

.Zahra Safaei has been a political activist since the 1980s. She has been arrested several times and his father (Haji Safaei) was executed in the 1980s for “supporting the MKO”.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='30254'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-24489/'> Zahra Safaei, Parastou Moeini, Forough Taghipour, and Nasim Jabbari were arrested by the Intelligence Ministry agents. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40659'> Zahra Safaei, Parastou Moeini, Forough Taghipour, and Nasim Jabbari were transferred to ward 209 of Evin Prison after one month in solitary confinement. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30256'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-24518/'> According to Hrana, Forough Taghipour was infected with Coronavirus, and authorities did not take her to hospital. She had fainted in Qarchak prison before and had been transferred to an unknown location for several days. Also, Parastoo Moeini has symptoms of an unknown disease. Her illness is unknown due to the lack of examination. The two along with Zahra Safaei were returned to Evin Prison on April 23 </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32900'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3inIcuW'> According to the National Council of Resistance of Iran, 18 citizens in different parts of the country were arrested by the security forces. HRANA later reported that these individuals were arrested for suspicion of cooperation with the MKO. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31206'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-25206/'> According to HRANA, Forough Taghipour, Zahra Safaei, and Parastou Moeini are still being held in Qarchak Prison. They were denied hiring the attorney of their choice and instead the judge ordered them to choose an attorney from a list of judiciary-approved attorneys. Recently Zahra Safaei received a death threat from a violent offender in prison. A source told HRANA that the individual “was hired by the security forces”. According to the source, “all three prisoners were coerced to do TV confessions.” They are accused of “collusion with the MKO”. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31512'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-25420/'> She was released on bail </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32245'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-25901/'> He visited the prosecution’s office to follow up on his case but was arrested there. He spent a day in ward 209 of Evin Prison and was transferred to Qarchak Prison the next day. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32512'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-26401/'> Zahra Safaei, Parastou Moeini, and Forough Taghipour were sexually harassed and threatened with violence by two prisoners from the general population ward. A source close to them told HRANA: “The three believe this attack was designed by the security forces.” </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33155'> <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='40662'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-27462/'> HRANA wrote that the trial session of Parastou Moeini, Zahra Safaei, and Mohammad Masoud Moeini will be held January 10th, 2021, at the 23rd branch of the revolutionary court of Tehran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40663'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-27929/'> Authorities at Qarchak Varamine Prison along with 20 male and female prison guards entered ward eight with tasers and stun batons and attempted to assault and beat the political prisoners in the ward. Golrokh Iraei, Parastou Moeini, Zahra Safaei, Marzieh Farsi, Saba Kurd Afshari, Forough Taghipour, Zohreh Sarv, Parizad Hamidi Shafagh, Sepideh Farhan, and several others were hurt and bruised during the assault. Soheila Hijab and Leila Mirghaffari suffered anxiety attacks. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40661'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-29128/'> The 23rd branch of the revolutionary court of Tehran presided by Judge Mohammad Mehdi Shahmirzadi sentenced Parastou Moeini, Zahra Safaei, and Mohammad Masoud Moeini each to five years in prison on the charge of assembly and conspiracy to act against national security, and one year in prison on the charge of propaganda against the state. They were also banned from leaving the country and membership in political parties and social groups for two years. In addition, Zahra Safaei was sentenced to two years in prison for insulting the leader and the founder of the Islamic Republic. After applying article 134 of the IPC and the approval of the verdict in the appeal court, five years of their sentences will be enforceable. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40664'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-35913/'> According to HRANA, the appeal court confirmed the preliminary court’s ruling verbatim. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40660'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/letters/a-854/'> HRANA reported that Zahra Safaei, Marzieh Farsi, Parastou Moeini, and Forough Taghipour released a letter in reaction to the bad conditions at Qarchak Prison during the time of Ebrahim Raisi as the chief justice of the judiciary. Narcotics in prison, spread of various skin diseases, shortage of space for prisoners, and abuse and immoral behaviors of prisoners because of lack of mental, social, and educational help, are among the issues mentioned in the letter. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40670'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-35913/'> Parastou Moeini, Zahra Safaei, Forough Taghipour, and Marzieh Farsi were each sentenced to 15 months in prison on the charge of propaganda against the state. According to HRANA, the letter that they released about the conditions of the prison was the reason for this sentence. IPA has reviewed the evidence and has concluded that their sentence is more than the amount determined by law. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='37519'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-31640/'> Zahra Safaei was transferred from Qarchak Prison to an undisclosed location after a heart attack. According to HRANA, he was transferred to a Sattari Hospital in Qarchak and was returned to the hospital without receiving any medical treatment. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40914'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-36153/'> HRANA reported that after several deployments to the hospital due to heart problems, she went under angioplasty operation and was returned to the hospital after recovery. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40652'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-34403/'> According to HRANA, despite previous appointments and serious need for medical supervision due to her heart disease, she was denied deployment to the hospital after she refused to be handcuffed and shackled. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40651'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-35855/'> Zahra Safaei and Parastou Moeini started a sit-in after their request for visiting Mohammad Masoud Moeini, the other incarcerated member of their family was denied. A source told HRANA that in the past three months, the imprisoned family has been denied phone calls and visitation, even though the prison judge, Eliasi, claims he has allowed it. The source told HRANA that when Ms. Safaei returned from the sit-in to her ward to take her medication, the prison guards locked the ward gate and in response to Ms. Safaei’s objection, they insulted her. The source said the guards opened the gates after an hour and Ms. Safaei and several other prisoners joined Ms. Moeini for a sit-in. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40691'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-35913/'> A source told HRANA that despite the doctor’s order for a monthly checkup, in the past year she only had the opportunity twice. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40917'> <reference source='https://iranhr.net/fa/articles/5360/'> Female prisoners in Qarchak Prison were transferred to the women’s ward in Evin prison by the order of the chairman of Tehran’s prisons organization Heshmatollah Hayatolgheib. According to Iran Human Rights Organization, Soghra Khodadadi, the warden of Gharchak Varamin Prison visited the prison’s ward eight and asked the female prisoners to get ready for transfer to Evin Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40913'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-36153/'> She was transferred to a hospital outside the prison after her health deteriorated. According to HRANA, Ms. Safaei visited the infirmary with symptoms like chest and shoulder pain and sweat and got transferred to the hospital after her health deteriorated. A source told HRANA that after her surgery last year, she only received her necessary medication for three months. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47475'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-39658/'> 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 the 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 a 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>