Farzaneh Ansarifar

Farzaneh Ansarifar is a resident of Behbahan. She is the sister of Farzad Ansarifar, a protester killed during the countryside uprising of November 2019. Ms. Ansarifar has been summoned to court many times for demanding justice for his brother’s murder.

<coverage-outsourcing id='37662'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/AlinejadMasih/status/1283866939694223360?s=20'> She was arrested after the protests in Behbahan. It was reported that the agents drew weapons at her mother and sister who were following the car taking her to the Behbahan Information Ministry office and fired shots in the air. She was transferred to Ahvaz Sepidar Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='37665'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-25823/'> She was released from the Sepidar Prison of Ahvaz. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='37667'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-32487/'> She was arrested briefly on the second anniversary of the November 2019 uprisings. She was pressured to cancel the ceremony for the second anniversary of her brother’s murder. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='38293'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-33848/'> She was sentenced to three years and six months in prison for assembly and collusion against national security and one year in prison for propaganda against the regime. After applying article 134 of IPC, she will serve three years and six months in prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='40955'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Farzanehansari7/status/1552276199870791682'> Farzaneh Ansarifar announced on her Twitter page that her brother was arrested, and her family was assaulted by the security forces. Ms. Ansarifar wrote: “Today almost 30 agents barged into my father’s home with my arrest warrant, but they couldn’t so they took my brother Omid Ansarifar instead and beat up my family.” Also, Journalist Javad Heidarian who is a relative of the Ansarifar family reported on Twitter that Farzaneh Ansarifar’s mother passed out from the shock of these events. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='41001'> <reference source='https://cutt.ly/IZUimrO'> Amin, Omid, and Arman Ansarifar were released from prison and Farzaneh Ansarifar’s prison sentence was suspended. Javad Heidarian, a relative of the Ansarifar family announced on Twitter: “With mediation from the office of Chief Justice Mohseni Ejei’s office, all the arrested Ansarifar family members (father and two sons) were released from prison and the five-years prison sentence of Farzaneh Ansarifar was also temporarily suspended.” </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>