Niloufar Kardouni

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='47498'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/masoudkazemi81/status/1608410708118573056?s=20'> She was arrested. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47503'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-38897/'> Elham Modarresi, Armita Abbasi, Fatemeh Harbi, Jasmine Haj Mirza Mohammadi, Fatemeh Nazarinejad, Shahrzad Derakhashan, Fatemeh Jalalpour, Niloufar Shakeri, Hamideh Zarei, Niloufar Kordouni, Somayeh Masoumi, Ensiyeh Mousavi, Maedeh Sohrabi, Fatemeh Mosleh Heidarzadeh, and Marzieh Mir Ghassem are in their fourth day of hunger strike in Kachooei Prison. According to HRANA, the prisoners went on hunger strike in protest of the lack of decision and long-term detainment, unsanitary conditions of the prison, spread of diseases such as fungal dermatological problems, lack of medical treatment, overpopulation of women's ward, lack of access to an attorney, and unfair sentences for some of them. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47881'> 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. </coverage-outsourcing>