Raheleh Ahmadi

.Raheleh Ahmadi is a women’s rights activist who advocates against mandatory hijab in Iran. She is also the mother of Saba Kurd Afshari. Raheleh and Saba were arrested and sentenced to prison for “diffusion of corruption and prostitution through her presence in public without headscarf”.

Her arrest was with the intent to put more pressure on her daughter Saba Kurd Afshari. <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='27990'> Raheleh Ahmadi was also arrested about 40 days after the arrest of her daughter (Saba Kordafshari). She was taken to the prosecutor's office and then to Qarchak prison. She was taken to Ward 2-A of Evin Prison for interrogation an hour later. Considering the Islamic Republic's approach to obtaining confessions, as well as reports from human rights organizations, she could be arrested for "obtaining a forced confession" from Saba Kord Afshari </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='27992'> She was released on bail </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='27993'> <reference source='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2opEYGTJFEI'> She published a video protesting the sentence of 24 years in prison (7 years and 6 months applicable). "My 20-year-old daughter, Saba, became the voice of the oppressed because of her honor. Anyone who doesn't wear a headscarf should go to prison for 15 years?", she said in the video. Watch the full video at the link below </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='27995'> Branch 26 of Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Afshari, sentenced Raheleh Ahmadi to a total of four years and two months in prison. She was sentenced to three years and six months in prison on the charge of "gathering and collusion to act against the national security", and eight months in prison on the charge of "propaganda against the system." Eventually, her sentence was reduced to two years and seven months in prison for not protesting the decision. Interviewing with foreign media was one of the charges against her </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30492'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-24501/'> According to Hrana, Behind Mrs. Ahmadi's head is inflated and causes pain in her ear. She was taken to the prison's medical center a week later, and the inflation has decreased a bit. Meanwhile, Raheleh Ahmadi has been deprived of being sent on leave despite suffering from an illness </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31032'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/letters/a-811/'> Raheleh Ahmadi complained about the judiciary's sabotage in Saba Kord Afshari’s case by a letter. "If the lawyer's following up fails, she will protest", Mrs. Ahmadi stated in the letter </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32427'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-25517/'> According to HRANA, 35 political women prisoners are currently being kept in the women's Evin Prison ward. They face problems such as limited access to medical services, rarity and high prices of goods, low-quality food, etc. After the coronavirus's pandemic, prisoners are responsible for preparing masks and gloves. In the prison store, each mask or pair of gloves is sold to prisoners at a price of between eight and ten thousand tomans. Detergents and disinfectants are also given to the prisoners rationally. Still, the prisoners have to buy these materials from the store due to the lack of these items. The prison store sells Alcohol and other disinfectants at high prices, so some prisoners buy these substances together. The quality of food is low, and most prisoners are forced to buy food from the prison store. Maryam Akbari Monfared, Atena Daemi, Raheleh Ahmadi, Saba Kord Afshari, Niloufar Bayani, Sepideh Kashani, Fatemeh Mosanna, Zahra Zahtabachi, Monireh Arabshahi, Yasaman Ariani, Mojgan Keshavarz, Aras Amiri, Samaneh Norouz Moradi, Nasrin Sotoudeh, Hengameh Shahidi, Rezvaneh Ahmad Khanbeigi, Sepideh Farhan, Sepideh Gholyan, Maryam Ebrahimvand, Neda Ashtiani, Zahra Jamali, Fariba Adelkhah, Mozhgan Kavousi, Mozhdeh Negahdar, Elham Barmaki, Masoumeh (Minoo) Ghasemzadeh Malek Shah, Maryam Haji Hosseini, Nazanin Toosi, Mina Saki, Mira Radpour, Leila Raouf, Hajar Siamifar, and Soroush Ahmadi Khosravi are among the 35 women prisoners currently being kept in the women's ward of Evin Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33864'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-27866/'> According to HRANA, after her daughter Saba Kurd Afshari was transferred to Qarchak Prison, Raheleh Ahmadi suffered complications from her anxiety attack and needs a walker to move around. The prison infirmary doctor has recommended that she be examined by a neurologist, But the prison officials have not made any attempt to send her to a specialist. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33921'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-28052/'> HRANA reported that after getting an MRI at Imam Khomeini Hospital, Ms. Ahmadi was informed that her lumbar disk has ruptured due to stress. She was told her medical case was sent to a specialist and they will receive the answer in 10 days. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='35086'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/sogand1998ka/status/1371093772025667585?s=20'> She went on medical furlough. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='35530'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-29601/'> She returned to prison at the end of her furlough. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='35797'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-30011/'> Saba Kurd Afshari went on a hunger strike in protest of the increasing pressures on the families of political prisoners and hers; she also demanded the release of her mother Raheleh Ahmadi. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='35872'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/letters/a-851/'> . </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36326'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-30975/'> After receiving the news of her mother’s death and the resulting stress, Raheleh Ahmadi’s pain from her ruptured disk got significantly worse. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='37510'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-32542/'> She was transferred to the first branch of investigation at Evin Prosecutor’s office to be arraigned for the new case that was brought against her during her incarceration. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41044'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-36271/'> A group of political prisoners including Fatemeh Mosanna, Narges Mohammadi, Parastou Moeini, Sepideh Gholian, and Raheleh Ahmadi has shown similar coronavirus symptoms. According to HRANA, despite the spread of the virus in the women’s ward of Evin Prison, the infirmary officials only test the initial patients and due to similarity of symptoms, refused to test the rest of the prisoners. According to the report, safety protocols such as quarantine were not implemented, and the patients were denied suitable medical treatment. According to HRANA, after being denied a hospital visit for gastrointestinal bleeding earlier, Fatemeh Mosanna’s health has rapidly declined after showing COVID19 symptoms. The report also indicates that due to Ms. Mohammadi’s heart and lung disease, lack of access to her medication, and authorities denying her a hospital visit, her health could rapidly deteriorate. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42893'> <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>