Marzieh Mirghasemi

The national uprising of 2022 centered around the “woman, life, freedom” slogan was triggered in response to the murder of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini. The protests began sporadically in several cities and online space but in just a few days it spread to dozens of cities across Iran and the goal of the protesters changed to overthrowing the regime. <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

• She works as an accountant and, alongside with her family, she supports her mother who is not in good health condition.
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47534'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/ManotoNews/status/1603090529960411136?s=20'> She was arrested by the security forces in Karaj. Her sister reported her arrest to Manoto TV and said they were unaware of her arrest for a long time and only found out that she was in Kachooei prison after many inquiries. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47541'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/ManotoNews/status/1603090529960411136?s=20'> Her sister Negin Mirghasemi told Manoto TV that her sister was tried through a video conference without an attorney at the revolutionary court of Alborz province and was sentenced to prison. She stated that the ruling was based on her forced confessions under torture. She added that Marzieh is being denied visitation and is not even allowed to object to the sentence. The family cannot afford the heavy bail set for her. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47551'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/bjanseeuw/status/1603488517111308288?s=20'> A Belgian MP accepted her political guardianship. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47537'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3YzZafk'> She went on a hunger strike along with 14 other female prisoners in the Kachooei Prison in Karaj. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47542'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-38897/'> Elham Modarresi, Armita Abbasi, Fatemeh Harbi, Jasmine Haj Mirza Mohammadi, Fatemeh Nazarinejad, Shahrzad Derakhashan, Fatemeh Jalalpour, Niloufar Shakeri, Hamideh Zarei, Niloufar Kordouni, Somayeh Masoumi, Ensiyeh Mousavi, Maedeh Sohrabi, Fatemeh Mosleh Heidarzadeh, and Marzieh Mir Ghassem are in their fourth day of hunger strike in Kachooei Prison. According to HRANA, the prisoners went on hunger strike in protest of the lack of decision and long-term detainment, unsanitary conditions of the prison, spread of diseases such as fungal dermatological problems, lack of medical treatment, overpopulation of women's ward, lack of access to an attorney, and unfair sentences for some of them. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47543'> <reference source='https://ir.voanews.com/a/hunger-strike-family-sit-in-prison-kachouei-arrest/6909324.html'> On the fourth day of their sit-in in front of Kachooei Prison, the families of Elham Modarresi, Armita Abbasi, and Niloufar Shakeri were arrested and released after a few hours. The families declared that they will continue their sit-in in front of the prison. VOA report states that Armita Abbasi, Niloufar Shakeri, Elham Modarresi, Fatemeh Nazarinejad, Hamideh Zeraei, Marzieh Mirghasemi, and Ensiyeh Mousavi are among the 15 political prisoners who have been on hunger strike for a week in protest of their trial procedures, and they have been denied phone calls. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47544'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/followupiran/status/1612446444920754178?s=20'> 11 Female prisoner in Kachooei Prison ended their hunger strike and they were allowed to have family visits for five minutes in the presence of the guards. Sources close to the prisoners say they have lost weight due to the hunger strike and they were threatened with exile to other prisons. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47557'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/followupiran/status/1623007526647214092?s=20'> 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>