Behnaz Amani

Behnaz Amani is an assistant professor at Azad University, South Tehran branch, and a graduate of Kharazmi University in the field of English language and literature. He was arrested in the wave of arrests of activists, at the same time as nationwide protests in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini.

<coverage-outsourcing id='42980'> <reference source='https://t.me/senfi_uni_iran/5732'> Behnaz Amani was arrested by security forces. About two weeks after her arrest, the students' union councils of the country reported that Mrs. Amani has been kept in Gharchak Varamin prison since her arrest and no charges have been filed. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='42981'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/ManotoNews/status/1587474581664980994?s=20&t=ZJdvHuBosADPLtGe3NI2Uw'> ManoTo TV reported that after two days in the dark, her family found out that she was in Gharchak Varamin Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='49343'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/BouzariRahman/status/1599442921173880832'> She was released. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='49286'> <reference source='https://www.kampain.info/archive/72116.htm'> Behnaz Amani is suffering from uterine cancer and her disease worsened in prison and turned into advanced cancer (metastasis). The Campaign for the Defense of Political and Civil Prisoners, while announcing this news, wrote that the arbitrary imprisonment of this university professor, according to her lawyer, Dr. Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaei, actually took place after a hearing in November 2022, and the failure to issue and declare her arrest warrant by the investigator and the prison system was against all legal regulations, and it unfortunately caused a delay in the diagnosis of her disease and led to cancer metastasis. The Campaign for the Defense of Political and Civil Prisoners also wrote: > Ms. Amani's symptoms of cancer date back to before her kidnapping and 46-day imprisonment. During numerous visits to several doctors and gynecological surgeons, she had various tests done, including sampling. But before the results were confirmed, she was arrested and imprisoned for a long time. However, due to the disastrous health conditions of Gharchak prison, she refuses to tell the prison authorities and the interrogators about her illness, so that if an accident happens to her in the prison, like the one that happened to Mahsa Amini, the cause of the injury won't be attributed by the authorities to an underlying disease. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='49341'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/ManotoNews/status/1621461428791017475'> According to Manoto, a group of American poets, including Charles Bernstein and Bob Perlman, issued a statement demanding to prevent the return of Behnaz Amani, a protesting poet suffering from cancer, to prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='49342'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/iwaciran/status/1622920655837491202'> A source close to Behnaz Amani informed AIWAC, Iran's Writers' Action Committee, that her two-year prison sentence was changed to a fine of 400 million rials since the enforcement of the prison sentence was not considered appropriate to her conditions. AIWAC also wrote that after hearing the news, Charles Bernstein wrote in a letter, "What wonderful news! I was delighted to hear it and sent your letter to other poets who signed that statement." Ms. Amani's charges are unclear. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>