Zohreh Sarv

<p>She was arrested for political activities in social networks. She has been on Instagram with the nickname “Mahfar”.</p>

# Transfer to Solitary Confinement Zohre, a political prisoner, was moved from Evin prison to solitary confinement in Qarchak prison on the 24 of January 2023. Initially, she was told she would be transferred to Taleghani hospital, but this was a pretext to isolate her. # Hunger Strike and Deteriorating Health After being in solitary confinement for twelve days, Zohre started a hunger strike. During this time, she refused to accept serum and her blood pressure and sugar levels became imbalanced. # Sentencing and Charges Zohre was sentenced to 7 years in prison by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran, headed by Judge Iman Afshari. She was charged with gathering and colluding propaganda against the regime. According to Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, she could have 6 years of imprisonment applied to her. # Personal Information Zohre, also known as Mah Far, is the daughter of Ghaizan and was born in 1986. She was active in the virtual space under this pseudonym.

<coverage-outsourcing id='29601'> Sina Monirzadeh and Zohreh sarv were arrested and transferred to IRGC’s detention house in Tehran (1A) </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='29604'> Was sent to the general population (Qarchak Prison) </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='29605'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-24145/'> Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided by Judge Iman Afshari, sentenced each defendant to two years and one year in prison on charges of insulting the leadership and propaganda against the system, Hrana reported. In addition to the prison sentence, they have been sentenced to four months of forced activity in the Basij Organization and studying the interpretation of Hajarat Sura. By applying Article 134, two years imprisonment and additional penalties will be applicable for each of the defendants </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='33160'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-27073/'> HRANA reports the problems of women political prisoners in Qarchak prison. According to the report, the political prisoners transferred to Qarchak prison to pressure them without observing the separation of accusations. At least 16 defendants and political prisoners are being kept in this prison without observing the principle of separation of accusations and being deprived of basic facilities. Also, the inferior quality of prison food, lack of necessary facilities, the problem of the prison sewage system, constant shortage of freshwater, lack of medical and sanitary facilities, especially after the outbreak of coronavirus, lack of medical deployments, and high prison density cause many problems for These prisoners. Seventeen women prisoners such as Golrokh Ebrahimi Erayi, Marjan Davari, Kylie Moore Gilbert, Elham Barmaki, Zahra Safaei, Parastoo Moeini, ‌ Forough Taghipour, Leila Mirghafari, Pirzad Hamidi Shafaq, Zohreh Sarv, Fereshteh Didani, Soheila Hejab, Samira Hadian, Gita Hor, Zeinab Alipour, Raha Ahmadi and Leila Akbari are being kept in this prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='35499'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-29564/'> After receiving 74 lashes in Qarchak Prison she went on furlough. Her flogging sentence was related to another case for possession of alcoholic beverages which was closed after she paid the fine. According to HRANA, the prison authorities insisted on her flogging and made it the condition for her furlough. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='38903'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-30470/'> HRANA reported that Ms. Sarv has been informed that the order for her early release has been issued. The judge has banned her from leaving the country until the end of her sentence. However sometime later HRANA reported that she is still in prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='47153'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-39373/'> According to HRANA, Zohreh Sarv has been arrested by IRGC Intelligence forces and transferred to the IRGC Intelligence lockup known as ward 1-Alef. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='47155'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-39373/'> At the end of her interrogation, she was transferred to the 26th branch of the revolutionary court of Tehran presided by judge Iman Afshari sentenced her to seven years in prison for propaganda against the state and assembly and collusion against national security (Article 134: six years enforceable). </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='41402'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-36370/'> HRANA reported that Zohreh Sarv has contracted coronavirus in Evin Prison. According to the report, the disease was initially misdiagnosed as flu and left untreated. She was transferred to the hospital later with an infection. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='41435'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/letters/a-911/'> 16 female political prisoners in Evin Prison released an open letter about the spread of coronavirus in the women’s ward and warned about the high population density in the ward. The signatories are Hasti Amiri, Narges Adibi, Fariba Asadi, Leila Gholikhani, Ganjeh, Sepideh Gholian, Zohreh Sarv, Maliheh Jafari, Nasrin Javadi, Gelareh Abbasi, Saba Kurd Afshari, Zeinab Hamrang, Aliyeh Motallebzadeh, Shakila Monfared, Asal Mohammadi, Farangis Mazloum, and Narges Mohammadi. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='41586'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-36768/'> The authorities refused to send her to the hospital. HRANA reported that she had previously contracted coronavirus but was misdiagnosed and was not sent to the hospital for a while. Later the doctors made an appointment for cleaning her sinuses but the prison authorities refused to send her. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='41617'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarhang.nu/archive/40883.htm'> She is in critical condition. According to Radio Farhang, despite the doctor's warning about the lack of timely treatment leading to infection and damaging the heart and lungs, there has been no attempt to send her to the hospital and she suffers from low blood pressure. Radio Farhang reported that her blood pressure is 7 and she is suffering from weakness and vertigo. The prison infirmity has only given her a serum without any medicine. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='42020'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-37019/'> She was sent to Taleghani Hospital and returned to prison without completing her treatment. HRANA reported that she was sent to the hospital last week as well for her infection. The doctors at the hospital noticed the pimples on her face and forehead and diagnosed them as a negative side-effect of antibiotics on her liver. Sources say due to the misdiagnosis at the prison infirmary, the infection in her body has advanced to a point that her sinuses must be cleaned. The infection behind her right eye has caused her eyelid to close. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='42886'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-37295/?tg_rhash=22a41dd9689763'> Due to the deterioration of her condition, she was transferred to the hospital. She has been transferred from p[prison to Taleghani hospital. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='42552'> <reference source='https://t.me/LaVoixDesPrisonniers/1577'> Her blood infection has reached 23.5 and there is a serious risk of damage to her heart and lungs. Dadkhahan Dar Band reported that tests show her body has built a resistance to antibiotics and is making self-harming antibodies. The doctor has recommended hospitalization. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='46223'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnlxaw7Kyhk/'> Narges Mohammadi reported on her Instagram that Ms. Sarv has spent 76 days in solitary and has been denied suitable treatment. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='47157'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-39373/'> She was transferred from Evin Prison to Qarchak Varamin Prison. HRANA reported that due to a misdiagnosis at the Evin prison infirmary, she was denied suitable treatment for a long time and as a result, some infection has remained in her liver which is preventing her full recovery. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='47158'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/ehsanghi2/status/1622122972801646593?s=20'> Political activist Ehsan Ghadiri reported in a series of tweets that Ms. Sarv is on her 12th day of a hunger strike in solitary at hall 8 of Qarchak Prison. She has refused to take the serum and her blood sugar and pressure have dropped severely. According to the report, in a visit to Qarchak Prison, Hayatolgheib the president of the Prisons Organisation of Tehran told Ms. Sarv that she must break her hunger strike so she might be sent back to Evin Prison in five or six months. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='47167'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/ehsanghi2/status/1622714808029118475?s=20'> She was transferred to the hospital due to her critical condition caused by the hunger strike and the physical and mental pressure in solitary. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='50519'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-40494/'> HRANA wrote that despite the poor physical condition of Zohreh Sarv and the agreement of the prosecutor to send her to the hospital, the authorities of Gharchak Varamin prison have prevented her from being transferred to the hospital. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='50518'> <reference source='https://ir.voanews.com/a/7042293.html'> She announced the filing of a new court case against her. In an audio message from the prison published by the Voice of America website, Zohreh Sarv announced that she was kept in solitary confinement in Hall 9, which is near the suites of prisoners sentenced to death, and that she was on a hunger strike in protest of her conditions. Ms. Sarv said in this audio file that her hunger strike led to the exacerbation of her digestive disease and now she is deprived of any treatment and transfer to the hospital. According to Ms. Sarv, after she was transferred to Hall 8, which is separate from other political prisoners, the Ministry of Intelligence, through a letter addressed to Abolfazl Heydari, the director of the prison's information protection, accused her of propaganda against the regime through "running an Instagram page inside the prison." Ms. Sarv also added that the Ministry of Intelligence has not provided any documentation regarding this accusation. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='50800'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-40850/'> According to HRANA, Zohreh Sarv, Elaheh Mohammadi, Niloufar Hamedi, Soha Mortezaei, and Fatemeh (Houriya) Ziyaei-Azad were transferred from Ward 8 of Gharchak Varamin Prison to Evin Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='52971'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-41910/'> Due to the opposition of the prison authorities, she was denied transfer to medical centers. HRANA wrote that Zohreh Sarv's right knee was injured in Evin prison during exercise and needs an orthopedic doctor and an MRI test. According to this source, Ms. Sarv was examined by a gynecologist due to her breast issues before being transferred to Evin prison in Varamin prison, and after diagnosing the possibility of a cyst in her breast, she should undergo an ultrasound. This source further added that despite the request of the head of the infirmary (Dr. Movahed) to the branch assistant prosecutor to transfer Ms. Sarv for treatment, the prison authorities have prevented her from being sent to medical centers and hospitals. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53375'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-42540/'> According to HRANA, she was sent from Evin Prison to Taleghani Hospital in Tehran and returned to prison without proper medical treatment. According to this report, Zohreh Sarv suffers from two cysts in her right breast. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53376'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-43764/'> Zahra Sarv recently faced a new case in Evin court. By publishing this news and quoting a source, HRANA wrote that Zohreh Sarv was charged by the second investigation branch of the Evin Prosecutor's Office for the charge of "propaganda against the state". An example of this accusation is the signing of a statement by Zohreh Sarv in May of this year. The report stated that the court has opposed the conditional release of Zohra Seru, despite having served a third of the sentence. Also, she can only make phone calls with one person, and the numbers of her other relatives have been removed from the phone card of Zohreh Sarv. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53377'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-45124/'> She was sent to Taleghani Hospital. According to HRANA, and quoting a source, after she was sent to Taleghani Hospital and got an MRI, it was found that the medical problems, including the rupture of the cruciate ligament and the meniscus of the right knee, have become more acute and she needs urgent surgery. In addition, according to the opinion of the prison doctor, several stages of physiotherapy should be done before surgery. However, Zohreh Sarv is still denied treatment and physiotherapy sessions for her knee due to the stonewalling of the prison authorities. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53378'> <reference source='https://www.iranintl.com/202311254988'> She went on a hunger strike. Publishing this news, Iran International wrote that Zohreh Sarv's condition to end her hunger strike is the approval of her request for parole. In a letter received by Iran International, Zohreh Sarv wrote: > I will only consume water, sugar, and salt. All the consequences of the hunger strike and endangering my health and life will be the responsibility of the judicial institution. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53474'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/3xhswa9j'> The physical condition of Zohreh Sarv has deteriorated on the seventh day of the hunger strike. Announcing this news, IranWire wrote: > This political prisoner's blood pressure, blood sugar, and pulse have decreased drastically on the seventh day of the hunger strike, and the continuation of this situation may endanger her life. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53475'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/yvtcx9rb'> Sepideh Gholian and Mahboubeh Rezaei published a letter warning about the deterioration of Zohreh Sarv's condition and wrote that they are witnessing her "melting bit by bit". According to Radio Farda, and based on this letter, Zohreh Sarv "started a hunger strike in protest against the injustices she suffered since September 2021 and four months of inhuman exile to Gharchak prison until today." In this letter, they have also stated the interrogator's disapproval as the reason why the judge opposed with Zohreh Serv's conditional release, despite the fact that she had served a third of her prison term. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53757'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/bddtn8rj'> On the 13th day of the hunger strike, there has been a sharp drop in her blood pressure, heart rate, and blood sugar. A source said in an interview with Voice of America that Zohreh Sarv's blood pressure dropped sharply and reached "seven on four" and her heart rate fluctuated between "50 and 60". According to this source, the judicial authorities not only did not take care of her acute physical condition, but also threatened to cut off her phone while she was denied family visits. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53759'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/488fhruk'> Following the deterioration of Zohreh Sarv's condition on the 17th day of her hunger strike, some political prisoners staged a sit-in in the office of the warden of the Evin Women's Ward as a sign of protest. Publishing this news, the Voice of America wrote, quoting a source: > Her prison mates have reported her terrible physical condition. So Movahed, the head of Evin's infirmary, has taken action himself and is worried that Zohreh Saro will go into a coma. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53753'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/ykyzjrkx'> She attempted suicide by taking pills and after being sent to Loghman Hospital and receiving medical treatment, she was returned to prison. The Voice of America TV has quoted a source as saying that after rejecting the "offer of cooperation" with the IRGC and then the "threat" of the IRGC officials, Zohreh Sarv committed suicide by taking a number of pills. According to this source, at around 4:00 PM, a number of officials from the prison's security office offered Zohreh Sarv cooperation, and when she didn't accept, they threatened her that they would reopen all the cases that had been closed." After this mental pressure, Zohreh Sarv attempted suicide by swallowing nearly 30 alprazolam tablets. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53760'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/3ew6xb66'> On the 19th day of the hunger strike, she fell unconscious and had stomach bleeding. A source close to Zohreh Sarv told Voice of America that with the follow-up of other political prisoners, Zohreh Sarv was taken to the hospital twice and returned to the prison after a few hours. According to the Voice of America report, the doctors diagnosed that Zohreh Sarv's stomach was bleeding and said that she should stay in the hospital, but at the insistence of the guards, they returned her to Evin prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='61899'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-49514/'> She was sent on leave to attend her mother's funeral. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='62096'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-49618/'> She returned to Evin Prison at the end of her leave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>