Masoumeh Yavari

Masoume Yavari is a political activist living in Golpayegan. She was arrested in Tehran at the same time as the 2009 protests and was sentenced to prison in exile on the charge of Moharebeh. She was also arrested in September 2023 on suspicion of connection to the People's Mojahedin Organization and sentenced to long-term imprisonment.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='58215'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/bdehmkzx'> According to the Human Rights Reporters Committee, she was arrested by the security forces when she traveled from Golpayegan to Tehran. Her arrest coincided with the "Green Movement" protests in response to the presidential election results. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58212'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/yc3uk3en'> She was sentenced to seven years in prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58214'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2010/hranews/1-157/'> Mohammad Seifzadeh, the lawyer of Masoumeh Yavari, said that Ms. Yavari's trial will be held on May 5, 2018, and the prosecutor has requested the death sentence for her. HRANA quoted him as saying: > I had not seen my client until the first trial, and she had been denied access to a lawyer until this time. Pointing out that Yavari has spent more than six months in detention, this lawyer added: > The 28th branch of the Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Moghiseh is responsible for handling the case of Masoumeh Yavari. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58213'> <reference source='https://persian.iranhumanrights.org/1389/05/mohammad_seifzadeh_1/'> In an interview with the International Human Rights Campaign in Iran, Mohammad Seifzadeh, the lawyer of Masoumeh Yavari, said that he protested the exile order of his client in the defense bill and said the bill was sent to the 36th branch of the Court of Appeal. He said that Masoumeh Yavari was summoned to the court on the charge of Moharebeh and the prosecutor requested the death sentence from the court judge. According to him, the court sentenced her to seven years of imprisonment in Gohardasht prison. This lawyer announced that he was not allowed to meet his client until the first trial. Mr. Seifzadeh said about the accusations made in the case: > There were reasons given to prove her accusation, of which I will give two examples. One is that Ms. Yavari was carrying a large cold weapon, and they mean a small pocket knife that she had in her bag, and anyone who has been in Iran in recent years knows that most women carry a sharp object in their bag to protect themselves. "It is interesting that this knife was returned to Ms. Yavari, but it still remains in the ruling, and they have used it as a basis for the charge of Moharebeh. Seifzadeh added: > Secondly, they have mentioned a person's name and said that Ms. Yavari had a connection with him, who is an MKO liaison; While he is now the supervisor of a hospital. We have given his details to the court so they can go and inquire. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58216'> <reference source='https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran/2011/05/110519_l17_gharchak_evin'> According to the BBC, several female political prisoners who were transferred to Qarchak prison in the past weeks were sent to Evin prison. According to this report, 9 female political prisoners, including Masoumeh Yavari, were transferred from Rajaeeshahr Prison to Qarchak Prison in recent months. It is stated in this report that the families of these prisoners wrote a letter to the Islamic Human Rights Commission and expressed their concern about the occurrence of a "human disaster" in this prison, and in a part of their letter, referring to the detention of about 600 women with various charges in Qarchak prison, they reported that prison authorities severely beat the prisoners and did not feed them regularly. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58211'> <reference source='https://persian.iranhumanrights.org/1391/05/prisoners_pardon/'> She was released from prison after the amnesty decree. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58191'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/yc3uk3en'> She was arrested by security agents in Golpayegan and transferred to solitary confinement at Dolat Abad prison. According to IranWire, the security agents confiscated her mobile phone, laptop, and her and her family's memory cards. According to this report, she did not have the right to make phone calls until three days after her arrest. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58199'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-43399/'> According to HRANA, the family of Masoumeh Yavari went to the Golpayegan Prosecutor's Office to find out about her fate, but in addition to being ignored by the judicial officials, they were also met with inappropriate treatment by the prosecutor. In this report, it is stated that the lack of information about the fate of Ms. Yavari has increased her family's worries. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58193'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/yc3uk3en'> According to IranWire, she was denied access to her medicines and the prison security refused to accept the medicines that her family had delivered. According to the report, Ms. Yavari is suffering from lumbar disc problems and the doctors have forbidden her to sit for more than an hour, however, she has been interrogated for about four days, and for several hours During the day, without even access to painkillers, while she has to sit on a chair. This source said: > Masoumeh has three blood clots in her body, one of which is in her hand, and she should have been operated on soon." Despite her heart arrhythmia and lack of access to her heart and sugar medications, we have no idea what could happen to her. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58198'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/mvdhcrrp'> Mohammad Mehdi Vothoughian, the son of Masoumeh Yavari, was arrested by IRGC agents. According to IranWire's report, the IRGC agents also threatened Mohsen Vathoukian, Ms. Yavari's husband, with arrest and said, "We will come to take you away soon." It is stated in this report that Masoumeh Yavari "got sick" upon hearing the news of her son's arrest and was taken to the prison hospital. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58230'> <reference source='https://t.me/bidarzani/13411'> She is still in solitary and under interrogation. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58200'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-44101/'> According to HRANA, she is still incarcerated in Dolatabad prison. According to this report, Ms. Yavari, who suffers from diabetes, thyroid, and heart problems, was denied her medication in Dolat Abad prison in Isfahan by order of the Golpayegan prosecutor's office, and her family is not allowed to send her medication to the prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58194'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/3b255umc'> IranWire reported that under the pressure of the interrogators, threats on her family members, and fake promises to release her son, Masoumeh Yavari was forced to confess to crimes in which she "never played a role." In this report, it is stated that Ms. Yavari is very dependent on her child, and during her interrogations, she constantly asked the interrogators to release her child. According to this report, with the promise that if she confessed, her son will be released, the interrogators got her to confess to heavy charges such as "destruction of public property" and "membership in hostile groups." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58201'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-44527/'> According to HRANA, the investigation session of Masoumeh Yavari was held in absentia and via video conference at the second investigation branch of the Golpayegan Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office. It is stated in this report that Ms. Yavari has defended herself against the accusations of propaganda against the state and destruction of public property. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58210'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/u5nubaae'> IranWire reported that Masoumeh Yavari confessed against herself under pressure and torture by denying her medicines and threatening her son with 15 years of imprisonment. According to this report, Ms. Yavari's accusations include setting fire to a Basij base on Taleghani Street in Golpayegan and communicating with Shabnam Madadzadeh, a member of the People's Mojahedin Organization (MKO). According to this report, these accusations have been attributed to her while her physical condition does not allow her to set fire to a Basij base, and her acquaintance with Shabnam Maddzadeh goes back to being together in prison in 2009. In this report, it is stated that the security apparatus is trying to condemn Ms. Yavari to Moharebeh under the title of "connection with the leaders of the MKO". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58202'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-45442/'> According to HRANA, the court hearing of Masoumeh Yavari's charges was held in Golpayegan Revolutionary Court. It is stated in this report that Ms. Yavari defended herself against accusations such as propaganda against the state, Moharebeh (waging war against God and Islam), and communicating with hostile countries. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58205'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-45587/'> HRANA wrote that Masoumeh Yavari was sentenced to seven years in prison by the Golpayegan Revolutionary Court headed by Mohammad Basaeri and Ghasem Sharifian for the charge of destroying public property, five years in prison for the charge of membership in the "MKO" and one year in prison for the charge of propaganda against the state. According to this report, Ms. Yavari has been acquitted of the charges of Moharebeh and connection with hostile governments. With the application of Article 134 of the Criminal Code, seven years of imprisonment can be enforced. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>