Maryam Payab

In November 2019, he was arrested simultaneously during nationwide protests

Millions of demonstrators protests in several cities of Iran, after the petrol price rise. Though, the early hours of the protests were aimed at the petrol price rise, soon after the protests turned against the government. From the earliest moments firing on protesters began in many places and security forces killed or injured hundreds. November's nationwide protests consider as the largest uprising against the government till now by many people, and the Islamic Republic's reaction admitted as the largest crackdown on non-partisan protesters <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='28207'> <reference source='http://www.iranhr.net/fa/articles/4061/'> According to a report by the Iran Human Rights, Maryam Payab and Farzad Ansarifar were simultaneously shot at in Behbahan. Farzad Ansarifar was hit by a bullet and died. Ms Payab who had been hit by an AK47 in the back, was injured and transferred to a hospital in Behbahan. She was released after three days following a surgery. During the medical rest at her home, the security forces twice came to arrest her. It was the intervention of others that reportedly had them avoid arresting her before the treatman ran out. Based on many reports, after Maryam Payab had a relative recovery, she tried to meet the families of people killed in those days and to work for better conditions for the injured and arrestees </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='28208'> <reference source='http://www.iranhr.net/fa/articles/4061/'> Security forces arrested her outside the house. In phone contact with her family it was said that “Ms Payab has been transferred to Ahvaz” </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='28357'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-23388/'> She was released on bail </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>