Aras Amiri Larijani

She graduated in cultural studies from Soureh University in Tehran at undergraduate section, and at the time of her arrest has been a master student of Phylosophy of Art at the British University of Kingston. Aras Amiri has been a colleague of the British Council of Culture (British Counsel)

• <coverage-outsourcing id='21847'> On the day she intended to leave Iran, was arrested on a street in Tehran and transferred to ward 209 in Evin Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='21848'> Her cousin, Mohsen Omrani, on Twitter, released the news of Aras Amiri's arrest. According to Mr. Omrani, Aras Amiri has lived in London for about 10 years; has returned to Iran many times, but has never received an admonition for her activities; she is a contributor to the British Council of Culture; her activities have been in coordination with the Ministry of Guidance; has been charged with "community and Collusion for acting against national security "; had come to Iran five days before the arrest to visit her grandmother, who was hospitalized in Amol; and that she has had three visits and a few phone calls with her family in 50 days after her arrest, but she has not had access to the lawyer </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='22222'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3wFrAWx'> She was released on bail </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='24638'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3xOBk2m'> She was arrested again </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='24760'> Gholamhossein Esmayili, Judiciary’s spokesperson, said a ten-year prison sentence had been issued for an Iranian student on the charge of “espionage for a foreign government: “This student was in charge of the Iran desk at the British Council and worked with UK espionage forces and was in charge of design, management and planning of projects aimed at regime transformation and cultural influence.” Media close to the security bodies said the case was based on evidence of “cultural attack, project of cultural influence and espionage”. According to IPA, the judge who issued the order was Abolqasem Salavati </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='25683'> A letter written by Aras Amiri to the head of the judiciary, Ebrahim Rayisi, was published by IranWire. She explained her case and counts of violation of just trial procedures including lack of access to lawyer and lengthy time in solitary and of how the interrogators had accepted that her aim was to “serve” the country’s art. She also said that in the third meeting she had with her interrogators after her release, she “refused their explicit request for collaboration” and was arrested shortly after this meeting. According to this letter, statements by the Guardian Council’s spokesperson on many of the charges were untrue and she has been sentenced to 10 years in prison not on the charge of ‘espionage’ but on the charge of ‘running and forming a group that aims the overthrow of the regime’ (subject of the article 499 of the penal code.) The full text of the letter in Persian is found in the evidence section </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26145'> Iran International reported that her prison sentence was confirmed by the Appeals Court </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='27081'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/statements/a-426/'> Seventeen political prisoners in the Women’s Section of Evin published a statement to condemn the behavior shown by judicial and security apparatus to those political prisoners who are also mothers. A quote from the statement: “In all these years, the misogynist government has fought women and mothers who stand up for freedom and justice. That the fight continues is itself a sign of increasing awareness and acceleration of women’s struggles and protests. There are many examples. Just in the last few months, we saw the arrest of Farangis Mazloom, despite her sickness, because she was defending her son, Soheil Arabi. Alireza Shirmohammadi’s mother, because she didn’t have the 80 million toman to post bail, lost her son in prison. Rahele Asl Ahmadi, because she wanted freedom for her daughter, Saba Kurdafshari, was arrested; and many other cases.” </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29966'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-24364/'> He came on leave after Coronavirus outbreaks in Iran's several prisons </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32436'> <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>