Sarvenaz Ahmadi
Sarvenaz Ahmadi is a master's student of social work and a children's rights and labor activist. She is also active in women's issues and has published some articles in this field. She was arrested during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.
- <coverage-outsourcing id='44061'> <reference source='https://t.me/radiozamaneh/96280'> She was arrested during the national uprising triggered by the murder of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl from Saqez by the morality police in Tehran. She was arrested during the national uprising triggered by the murder of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl from Saqez, by the morality police in Tehran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
- <coverage-outsourcing id='44062'> <reference source='https://t.me/bidarzani/11993'> Reports indicate she is still in custody. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
- <coverage-outsourcing id='44255'> <reference source='https://t.me/ettehad/109704'> She was released from Evin Prison on bail. Free Labor Union of Iran reported that she has been charged with propaganda against the state and assembly and collusion. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
- <coverage-outsourcing id='46747'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-38884/'> The trial of Kamyar Fakour and Sarvenaz Ahmadi was held in Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court under the chairmanship of Judge Abolghasem Salavati. According to HRANA's report, this couple has defended themselves against the accusation of assembly and collusion to act against the security of the country and propaganda against the state. According to the article published on Mrs. Ahmadi's personal page, since their case was not registered in the Sana system, it was not possible to hire a lawyer, and as a result, the lawyer was not present at the court session. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
- <coverage-outsourcing id='46749'> The 15th branch of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, headed by Judge Salavati, sentenced Sarvenaz Ahmadi and Kamyar Fakour to prison. According to Atlas sources, Mrs. Ahmadi was sentenced to five years for the charge of assembly and collusion to act against the security of the country, and to one year for the charge of propaganda against the state, and Mr. Fakour was sentenced to one year in prison for the same charge. According to Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, five years of imprisonment is enforceable for Servanaz Ahmadi. </coverage-outsourcing>
- <coverage-outsourcing id='49759'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-40214/'> Kamyar Fakour and Sarvenaz Ahmadi were sentenced to a total of four years and two months in prison by Branch 36 of the Court of Appeal of Tehran Province. While announcing this news, HRANA wrote that based on the verdict issued by Branch 36 of the Court of Appeals of Tehran Province that was communicated to these people, the sentence of Mr. Fakour was reduced to eight months of imprisonment and that of his wife, Ms. Ahmadi, was reduced to three years and six months of imprisonment. According to HRANA, Mr. Fakour announced in this regard that "despite the closing of a number of cases of arrested and imprisoned citizens, our case was not closed, and only the amount of our imprisonment has been reduced." Atlas has assumed that Ms. Ahmadi's enforceable sentence is three years. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
- <coverage-outsourcing id='50932'> <reference source='https://t.me/kashowra/16353'> A number of trade union activists and defenders of workers' rights meeting with the family of Mohammad Habibi were arrested by the security forces at his house. According to the Coordinating Council of Teachers' Associations of Iran, Reyhaneh Ansarinejad, Asal Mohammadi, Hirad Pirbodaghi, Anisha Asadollahi, Sarvenaz Ahmadi, Kamyar Fakour, Hassan Chertabi, Zhaleh Rouhzad, Ahmad Heydari, and Oldouz Hashemi are some of the activists who were arrested by security agents and sent to prison. According to the officials, they were transferred to the follow-up office of the Ministry of Intelligence in Shahryar. According to the story of Khadijeh Pakzamir, the wife of Mohammad Habibi, during this arrest, the physical condition of one of the attendees deteriorated due to the attack by the security forces, and despite asking the agents to call the emergency services, he was initially taken to the follow-up office of the Ministry of Intelligence in Shahryar, and after his condition worsened again, he was transferred to Imam Sajjad Shahriar Hospital. According to this report, after an hour of searching, inspecting, and confiscating Khadijeh Pakzamir's laptop and mobile phone, she was also transferred to the follow-up office of the Ministry of Intelligence in Shahryar. According to Ms. Pakzamir, after she and other arrested people were questioned for several hours about this meeting, she was released at around one o'clock in the morning on April 29 along with a large number of detainees, but the other 9 people were transferred to Ward 209 of Evin Prison and kept in solitary confinement. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
- <coverage-outsourcing id='51039'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-41043/?tg_rhash=22a41dd9689763'> The prison sentence of Sarvenaz Ahmadi and Kamyar Fakour was enforced. Announcing this news, HRANA wrote that they were transferred from the detention center of the Ministry of Intelligence known as Ward 209 of Evin Prison to the general population ward of this prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
- <coverage-outsourcing id='53207'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/4mdfh9d6'> Erfan Karamveisi, the lawyer of Kamyar Fakour and Sarvenaz Ahmadi, said in an interview with Sharq TV: > Two series of prosecutor's offices have written that Sarvenaz and Kamyar will be granted amnesty and if the necessary preparations are made they will be released, but unfortunately, the head of the prosecution of Evin disagreed with this claim and said that it was stated in the verdict of Sarvenaz and Kamyar that these two people are not eligible for amnesty." Karamveisi added that he received the following response from the relevant officials on June 21: The second time that the prosecutor's office wrote a letter and requested to know the reason for not pardoning these two people, they told me that there is no reason to give you an answer on this matter, any other authority about the reason for not pardoning Sarvenaz Ahmadi and Kamyar Fakour! They said that only the half-line that is mentioned (the aforementioned are not subject to amnesty) is enough for your information. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
- <coverage-outsourcing id='53209'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/4mdfh9d6'> In an interview with Shargh channel, Erfan Karamveisi, the defense lawyer of Kamyar Fakour and Sarvenaz Ahmadi, announced that he will file a request for retrial in the Superior Court next week. Saying that Sarvenaz Ahmadi is in the women's ward of Evin prison and Kamyar Fakour is in Evin's 4th ward, Karamveisi said about their conditions in the prison: > Given that Mr. Mahmoudi has just taken over as the head of ward 4, this ward is somewhat tense. Servenaz and Kamyar have a private visit one day a week and they can meet with their family one day. If possible, they will have a visit with me as their lawyer this week. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
- <coverage-outsourcing id='53574'> <reference source='https://t.me/jamiatdefaa/5213'> In a statement, 13 children's support associations demanded the release of Sarvanaz Ahmadi and asked all those who are "concerned about the well-being, happiness, and life of Iranian children" to be her voice. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
- <coverage-outsourcing id='53211'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-43017/'> HRANA, quoting Erfan Karamvaisi, the attorney of Kamyar Fakour and Sarvenaz Ahmadi, wrote that the case of his clients has been sent to the Superior Court. Karamveisi also stated that the suspended sentence of Kamyar Fakour's two-year imprisonment for the charge of disturbing public opinion in the case from 2021 issued by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court has been enforced, and therefore eight months have been added to Mr. Fakour's current prison sentence. According to Mr. Karamveisi, after the follow-ups and inquiries, paragraph C of the first part of the amnesty circular (no affiliation in hostile and subversive groups) has been announced as the reason for the amnesty refusal. This lawyer also stated: > The request for a leave of absence of Sarvenaz to carry out projects related to the university thesis has also been opposed. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
- <coverage-outsourcing id='53212'> <reference source='https://www.radiozamaneh.info/781159'> Sarvenaz Ahmadi announced her hunger strike in a letter from Evin prison. In this letter published in Zamaneh, Mrs. Ahmadi announced the reason for her hunger strike was solidarity with the hunger strike of 13 male political prisoners of Evin Prison who were transferred to Ghezal Hesar Prison in September and added that after the hunger strike ends, she will go on hunger strike again if necessary in protest of this deportation and repression in prison through exile, until her husband, Kamyar Fakour, is returned to Evin prison. In this letter, Ms. Ahmadi also mentioned that she and her husband were not allowed to visit each other after Mr. Fakour was transferred to Ghezel Hesar prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
- <coverage-outsourcing id='53575'> <reference source='https://www.radiozamaneh.com/782157/'> Sarvenaz Ahmadi had a panic attack in Evin prison. According to Radio Zamaneh, despite the requests of Servenaz Ahmadi's inmates in the women's ward to transfer her to the hospital, the prison authorities denied her medical services for two hours - between 19:00 and 21:00. According to this report, after Ms. Ahmadi's condition worsened and she passed out, she was transferred to the prison hospital at 21:00. Maryam Lotfi, a journalist from Shargh, also wrote in her user account on X, quoting the mother of Sarvenaz Ahmadi, that the prison authorities told Sarvenaz that husband and wife visits in prison are a form of encouragement and they are no longer allowed to visit. According to Lotfi, distance from her husband Kamiyar Fakour, unawareness about his condition, and the high level of mental pressure caused this panic attack. Maryam Lotfi also quoted Servenaz's mother and wrote that Mrs. Ahmadi was deprived of the book she was translating in prison, and all of this has left her frustrated and hopeless. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
- <coverage-outsourcing id='53576'> <reference source='https://x.com/harasswatch/status/1706403106727047410?s=20'> Silvia Federici, an Italian feminist researcher and activist, has declared her support for Sarvenaz Ahmadi in a video. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
- <coverage-outsourcing id='53215'> <reference source='https://t.me/kashowra/17725'> Kamyar Fakour was sent back to Evin prison. According to the channel of the Coordinating Council of Teachers' Unions Organizations of Iran, Sarvenaz Ahmadi, the wife of Kamyar Fakour, announced in a phone call with her family that after Kamyar's return to Evin prison, they had a brief meeting. According to this report, Mr. Fakour is in quarantine in Evin prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
- <coverage-outsourcing id='53327'> <reference source='https://x.com/ErfanKaramveisi/status/1728683872743797069?s=20'> Erfan Karamveisi, the lawyer of Kamyar Fakour and Sarvenaz Ahmadi, wrote in his user account on X that the request for the retrial of his clients' case was rejected by the 9th branch of the Superior Court because the request did not comply with any of the clauses of Article 474 of the Criminal Procedure Law. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>