Fariba Adelkhah

Fariba Adelkhah is a graduate of sociology from Strasbourg University who has gotten her PHD from Pari’s School for the Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS). Fariba Adelkhah is a political science researcher at Sciences Po and has worked on women's studies

<coverage-outsourcing id='26118'> She was arrested </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='26119'> The French foreign ministry called on the Iranian authorities to "shed full light" on Fariba Adelkhah's situation and allow diplomats to visit her </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='26120'> Noting Fariba Adelkhah as possibly one of the dual citizenship holders who is being held as “a hostage and a tool of pressure in foreign policy,” IranWire noted: “Some other believe that Fariba Adelkhah’s arrest has nothing to do with her dual citizenship or Iran-French relations. It is due to an attempt by the intelligence department of the IRGC and the Intelligence Ministry to exclusively control all humanities research done, inside or outside Iran” </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='26121'> IranWire reported that Fariba Adelkhah had spent a period of time in Qom along with a French student. In recent years Adelkhah had been conducting research on Qom seminaries and, in cooperation with research centers that she had been working with, brought Qom clergymen to Paris to attend seminars on numerous occasions </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='26599'> According to Figaro, the Iranian government has arrested Fariba Adelkhah to swap her with an Iranian prisoner called Jalal Ruhoolah Nejad </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27236'> Sayid Dehqan, lawyer for Fariba Adelkhah and Roland Marchal told ISNA that Mr Marchal was facing a “collusion and gathering for acting against national security” charge and Ms Adelkhah a “cooperation with foreign governments” charge. Mr Deqhan said there is no evidence in supporting these charges. Based on the statements by his lawyer, it appears that Mr Marchal was arrested due to his friendship with Fariba Adelkhah </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27702'> BBC quoted ICHRI: “He has been under psychological pressure by interrogators for weeks and his cellmates could hear the disturbing sounds from his interrogation” </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27878'> Speaking to Isna, Sayid Dehqan, lawyer for both of these defendants, said the prosecutors had opposed temporary release for Fariba Adelkhah and Roland Marchal. According to Mr Dehqan, the prosecutor’s opposition comes despite approval by the interrogator of the court. Based on this report, due to a difference of opinion between the interrogator and the deputy prosecutor, the case was sent to the revolutionary court </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27874'> French President Emanuel Macron said the imprisonment of two French citizens in Iran is intolerable and asked for their immediate release. On the Human Rights Day, he wrote the following on Twitter: “En cette Journée internationale des droits de l’Homme, je pense à Fariba Adelkhah et Roland Marchal, nos compatriotes détenus en Iran, et à leurs familles. Leur emprisonnement est intolérable. Ils doivent être libérés sans délai. Je l’ai dit au Président Rohani, je le répète ici.” </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='28101'> Kylie Moore Gilbert and Fariba Adelkhah have gone on a hunger strike. They asked their family and friends to support and go along with them. According to DW, they have declared in a letter that they have been deprived of minimum human rights during their detention </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='28309'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/2T2b2rU'> Saeed Dehghan, the lawyer for the case, said in an interview with ISNA: “Fariba Adelkhah has been cleared of two charges of espionage and agitating the public consciousness.” The indictment of the two defendants has been sent to the Revolutionary Court and will soon be determined by the branch. According to the indictment, Roland Marchal has been accused on the charge of assembly and collusion against national security, and Fariba Adelkhah has been accused on charges of assembly and collusion against national security, and propaganda against the system </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='28522'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-23513/'> The authorities do not allow Mr. Marshall and Mrs. Adelkhah met each other due to the lack of their marriage registration in Iran. Therefore, Mrs. Adelkhah has been started a sit-in in the women's ward </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='29095'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-23816/'> She ended his hunger strike </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='29371'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-23989/'> Due to the injuries caused by the long-term hunger strike, she was admitted to the infirmary of Evin prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='30049'> <reference source='https://bbc.in/2xSywHe'> French President Emmanuel Macron requested Hasan Rohani for the immediate release of Fariba Adelkhah as soon as possible by a phone call. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='30583'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-24782/'> According to Hrana, Branch 15 of Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Salavati, sentenced Fariba Adelkhah to five years in prison on the charge of "collusion and planning to act against national security", and one year in prison on the charge of "propaganda against the system." According to Article 134, five years of the sentence will be enforceable. According to Attorney Saeed Dehghan, Roland Marshall is mentioned in this lawsuit, but no verdict has been issued for him </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='30883'> <reference source='https://persian.iranhumanrights.org/1399/02/fariba-adelkhah-sentenced/'> "The verdict issued against Fariba Adelkhah is illegal and the charges against her are not authenticated," Saeed Dehghan told Iran's Human Rights Campaign. According to a conversation done between Mr. Dehghan and the human rights campaign, Mrs. Adelkhah was initially charged only with "espionage". She was acquitted later from "espionage" and other charges, including "disturbing public order and opposing mandatory hijab." According to Mr. Dehghan, "The judge has issued a verdict on the charge of propaganda against the system, indicating the same cases which Mrs. Adelkhah was acquitted before.” Saeed Dehghan also explained about the accusation of "gathering and planning to act against the national security" as follows: > This accusation must have another side. The case only mentions Mr. Marshall, who has not been convicted. This accusation is completely illegal. How did the gathering take place when no other person or organization is mentioned in the case? </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31415'> <reference source='https://www.radiozamaneh.com/j_post_status/فریبا_عادلخواه-به-پنج-سال-زندان-محکوم-ش'> The Tehran appellate court confirmed the sentence </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31416'> <reference source='https://www.radiozamaneh.com/515945'> The French Foreign Ministry issued a statement calling Ms. Adelkhah's sentence as a political move, and there is no legal basis for this conviction </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='32447'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-25517/'> According to HRANA, 35 political women prisoners are currently being kept in the women's Evin Prison ward. They face problems such as limited access to medical services, rarity and high prices of goods, low-quality food, etc. After the coronavirus's pandemic, prisoners are responsible for preparing masks and gloves. In the prison store, each mask or pair of gloves is sold to prisoners at a price of between eight and ten thousand tomans. Detergents and disinfectants are also given to the prisoners rationally. Still, the prisoners have to buy these materials from the store due to the lack of these items. The prison store sells Alcohol and other disinfectants at high prices, so some prisoners buy these substances together. The quality of food is low, and most prisoners are forced to buy food from the prison store. Maryam Akbari Monfared, Atena Daemi, Raheleh Ahmadi, Saba Kord Afshari, Niloufar Bayani, Sepideh Kashani, Fatemeh Mosanna, Zahra Zahtabachi, Monireh Arabshahi, Yasaman Ariani, Mojgan Keshavarz, Aras Amiri, Samaneh Norouz Moradi, Nasrin Sotoudeh, Hengameh Shahidi, Rezvaneh Ahmad Khanbeigi, Sepideh Farhan, Sepideh Gholyan, Maryam Ebrahimvand, Neda Ashtiani, Zahra Jamali, Fariba Adelkhah, Mozhgan Kavousi, Mozhdeh Negahdar, Elham Barmaki, Masoumeh (Minoo) Ghasemzadeh Malek Shah, Maryam Haji Hosseini, Nazanin Toosi, Mina Saki, Mira Radpour, Leila Raouf, Hajar Siamifar, and Soroush Ahmadi Khosravi are among the 35 women prisoners currently being kept in the women's ward of Evin Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='32738'> Fariba Adelkhah was moved from general population to ward 209. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='32937'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-26871/'> She went on furlough with an electric ankle monitor. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='38149'> <reference source='https://www.radiozamaneh.com/news/16-01-2022/#rz-700563'> She was returned to prison. Kazem Gharibabadi, a judiciary spokesman, said she was arrested again because she repeatedly violated the rules related to the ankle monitor and broke house arrest. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='41210'> <reference source='https://t.me/emtedadnet/69415'> Her attorney Hojjat Kermani reported that she has received a five-day furlough and expressed optimism about the possibility of its extension. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='41241'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-36491/'> HRANA reported her return to prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='41424'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarda.com/a/31996902.html'> According to a Radio Farda report, the committee in support of Fariba Adelkhah released a statement urging the EU and its member countries to act for the immediate release of European citizens incarcerated in Iran. Radio Farda reported that unlike the United States, the European Union has diplomatic relations with Iran, but the US has been much more successful than the EU in freeing its incarcerated citizens in Iran. According to the statement, currently, there are citizens of more than 10 EU countries incarcerated in Iran with “fake charges” and have received heavy sentences without the right to an attorney. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='46240'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnlxaw7Kyhk/'> Narges Mohammadi released a report on broad violations of human rights in Evin Prison, in which she states that Fariba Adelkhah spent nine months in solitary and four months out of her nine months in IRGC's 2-Alef ward alone. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='49244'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarda.com/a/32235249.html'> 30 political and ideological prisoners imprisoned in the women's ward of Evin prison, signed an open letter, demanding to stop the execution of the protesters and end the unjust sentences of the prisoners. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='47226'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3ltylLf'> She was released from prison. On February 5th, 2023, the Islamic Republic's Judiciary issued a memo that announced the beginning of the process of releasing some of the protesters arrested during the 2022 national uprising. According to the judiciary's Mizan website, and latest comments made by the spokesperson for the judiciary, this "pardon" is in honor of the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution and contingent on the prisoners expressing regret; The pardon is not extended to cases with charges such as "connection to dissident groups", and "destruction of public property". However, many of the released prisoners have posted videos and notes saying they never requested a pardon and never expressed regret. There are even videos of female activists taking off their hijab and chanting against the Islamic Republic in front of the prison moments after their release. The release of prisoners being called a pardon has caused massive reaction online and some activists on social media and human rights organizations consider it a PR stunt to repair some of the damage to Ali Khamenei's image. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='48161'> <reference source='https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iranian-french-academic-adelkhah-awaits-decision-when-she-can-return-france-2023-02-11/'> Hojat Kermani, the lawyer of Fariba Adelkhah, announced in an interview with Reuters news agency that his client "was released last night and is now at home." Mr. Kermani added that Ms. Adelkhah's case has been completed legally and she should not have any legal problem leaving the country, but this matter must be investigated and therefore it is not known how long it will take. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53841'> <reference source='https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231018-french-iranian-academic-held-in-iran-since-2019-back-in-france'> She returned to Paris. While announcing this news, the University of Science and Technology of Paris wrote that Fariba Adelkhah, a dual Iranian-French citizen who was arrested in Tehran in 2019 on charges of "acting against national security", has returned to Paris. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53842'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/bddrp8pb'> In an interview with AFP, she said that the Women, Life, Freedom uprising has transformed Iran and its prisons. In this interview, she explained the atmosphere inside Evin prison during the 2022 protests and said that in this prison, female prisoners were forced to wear hijab when officers entered the cells or when they went to the hospital. But after the beginning of the demonstrations, in this prison, "almost none of the female prisoners wore hijab when a male officer entered." While publishing this report, Fariba Dadkhah wrote: > In Evin prison, the resistance movement stemming from the killing of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini united various groups, including human rights activists, environmental activists, political dissidents, and representatives of religious minorities. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>