Armita Pavir

Armita Pavir is a student activist and a student of molecular cell biology at Shahid Madani University of Azarbaijan. She was arrested several times after the 2022 uprising began and was finally sentenced to prison.

The murder of Mahsa Amini triggered a country-wide uprising in September 2022 in Iran. The protests were initially sporadical around the country and against the mandatory hijab. But in a few days, dozens of cities in Iran became the scenes of clashes between protesters and security forces. The protesters' main demands were freedom of attire and the overthrow of the Islamic Republic. The focus of the protests on women led to international attention. <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='43442'> <reference source='https://t.me/senfi_uni_iran/5707'> Armita Pavir was arrested by the security forces in front of the university gates. There is no information on her whereabouts. She was arrested during the national uprising in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl from Saqez, at the hands of the morality police in Tehran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='43443'> <reference source='https://t.me/senfi_uni_iran/6189'> According to the students union councils of the country, it was announced earlier that she was transferred to Tabriz prison, but after the family and relatives of Ms. Pavir went to Tabriz prison, the prison authorities claimed that there is no such person in this prison and her family is worried about her condition. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='43444'> She is still detained. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44874'> <reference source='https://t.me/tvaznews/26865'> She went on a hunger strike. According to Aznews, she went on a hunger strike to protest the indecision and lack of follow-up in her case. The report states that she is taken to the Tabriz Intelligence Department for interrogation every day from morning to evening. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44316'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/AhrazHumanRight/status/1600950622601506817?s=20&t=eTSOI41UKIjgA57sb7U3XA'> She was released from the Central Prison of Tabriz after posting a bail of 2.5 billion rials until the end of the proceedings. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47146'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Armita_Pavir/status/1623263467745452032'> Armita Power tweeted about the proceedings of her case: > I went to the court, they said we called you to say that you qualify for the pardon, write a statement of remorse and a letter of pledge, we will close the case according to the directive. In the continuation of this tweet, she also wrote about her reaction: > I rejected the amnesty and came back, one of these days they will announce my final sentence. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52905'> <reference source='https://t.me/senfi_uni_iran/9652'> She was arrested in her own home. She was released on the same day after several hours of interrogation and confiscation of her cell phone. According to this report, she was again given a summons for three days later. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55032'> <reference source='https://t.me/senfi_uni_iran/9884'> According to the student union councils, she was arrested by the security forces and taken to the women's ward of Tabriz Central Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55033'> <reference source='https://t.me/senfi_uni_iran/9970'> She went on a hunger strike in protest against the pressure of the security agency and the obstruction in accepting bail and preventing her release. According to the students union councils, Armita Pavir's arrest was related to a personal case, but she told her family during a phone call that she was being pressured by the security agency and the prosecutor's office to express remorse for her case last year. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55034'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/puzeu6vv'> IranWire wrote that the arrest of Ms. Pavir by the police officers with the arrest warrant was related to a financial case, but she was in the hands of the Ministry of Intelligence of Tabriz from the first day, and this arrest was "a cover for interrogation and pressuring her to confess on television" against herself and her friends. The report states: "It is true that she is in financial trouble, but every day intelligence agents come with cameras and pressure her to incriminate herself in front of the camera. They say that you should say that you are sorry for your actions and that you were deceived by the enemy groups and confess so that we can let you go. This source said: > That's why Armita went on a hunger strike last week and now she is banned from visitation because of it, and her family is very worried for her life. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55037'> <reference source='https://t.me/bidarzani/13512'> She went on a hunger strike again. According to Bidaarzani, Armita Pavir has announced that she will continue her strike until her demands are met. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55040'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-45735/'> She was sentenced to seven months and 16 days in prison by the Azarshahr Revolutionary Court for the charge of insulting the leader; and to one year and three months and one day in prison for the charge of propaganda against the state. With the application of Article 134 of the Criminal Code, one year and three months and one day of imprisonment is enforceable. According to HRANA's report, the publication of pictures in cyberspace and participation in protests by students of Shahid Madani University of Azerbaijan are cited for her charges. According to this report, she is still locked up in Tabriz prison due to her inability to secure bail. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55486'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/mpvnc3fr'> After 17 days of dry food strike, she told her relatives in a call from prison that her physical health was in such a condition that her body had rejected the forced serum. According to Voice of America, in a phone call with her family from the prison, Mrs. Pavir said that following her worsening condition last evening, the prisoners moved her to the "lower floor" and informed the doctor after seeing a sharp drop in blood pressure. "When the doctor came, he said my blood pressure was at 11, but since my condition was serious, he said take her to the infirmary, but I said I am not going to the hospital, take me back upstairs, because the infirmary has no facilities. Not even an efficient sphygmomanometer that shows my pressure correctly and they say a different thing every time. Or they start a psychological war with me." According to this political prisoner, the prison authorities took her to the hospital and forcibly tried to IV her, but due to the "dryness of the veins", she couldn't get an IV. In response to the statements of the prison authorities, who responded to her hunger strike by saying "We will keep her alive with IV," Armita Pavir said in this audio file: > I said, how can you give me an IV when I refuse to eat and drink? We want to live outside the prison, you say your life is in our hands; here we want to go on a hunger strike, you say this is also in our hands. Expressing her concern about the possibility of injecting her with an unknown drug, she explained: > They wanted to send me to the hospital, but I said that I will not go to the hospital, and if they do, I will not break my strike for a thousand and one reasons. They cut the phones and I could not make a statement. Now they also indirectly say that they want to admit me at Razi [psychiatric] hospital; While I have not been aggressive, nor bad-mouthed, nor have I used my blood sugar as an excuse and disturbed the comfort of the prisoners." She also declared that the prison authorities "say that you have bipolar disorder and a psychoanalyst should see you , and emphasized: > They have launched a psychological war. I said frankly it is you who have bipolar personality disorder because while you see all these crimes and lawlessness, you have buried your head in the snow and take dirty money from the system for your family. You claim honor and conscience, but you live in the most dishonorable way. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>