Bahareh Hedayat

Bahareh is a human rights defender, member of the Central Committee of the Office for the Consolidation of Unity, Iran's largest student organization, and a women's right activist . She holds a B.S in Economics from Tehran University's School of Economics and Finance. She is the recipient of the Hellman Hammet Award for defending human rights

<coverage-outsourcing id='6808'> The defendant was arrested as part of a gathering of female activists in Haft-e Tir Square and tranferred to Ward 209 of Evin Prison. She was charged with organizing an "illegal gathering" and was given a two-year prison sentence, suspended for five years. This sentence was upheld in Appeals Court and was later implemented </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='20016'> During a sit-in at Amirkabir University, the officers arrested and kept her to the police detention center for a month. She was transferred to Evin later </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6803'> She was arrested in Tehran. She was held in solitary confinement for 35 days and released either on bail or to a custodian. During this period she was held in Ward 209 of Evin Prison. The reason for her arrest was her relations with one of her classmates from the university where she studied who was previously charged with having "relations with the People's Mujahedin of Iran". This case was open until the defendant's latest arrest, but ultimately did not lead to any charges </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6804'> She was arrested by the police as part of a group of Amir Kabir University students protesting the incarceration of their cohorts in front of Evin Prison and was held for a few days. She was later released to a custodian. There are reports which highlight the demeaning treatment that agents of the police subjected those arrested to during this arrest. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6800'> The defendant was arrested in her home amidst the widespread arrests of political and social activists following the protests of the presidential elections. She was transferred to Ward 209 of Evin Prison before being tried in Branch 28 of Tehran Revolutionary Court. She was charged with : > Propagating against the system via interviews with foreign media, insulting the Supreme Leader, disrupting public order via participation in illegal gatherings, and illegal entry and property damage to Amir Kabir University during Mehdi Karroubi's visit to this institution". She was sentenced to five years in prison on the charge of "Assembly and collusion against national security", two years on the charge of "Insulting the Supreme Leader", and six months on charges of "Insulting the President" and "Propagating against the system". Her two-year suspended prison sentence on the charge of "Attempts against national security via organizing the June 12, 2006 gathering was taken out of suspension and added to her sentence </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6802'> The defendant was transferred to the prison's Methadone Ward, a ward for dangerous criminals, along with all of the other female inmates of the prison. This ward is an enclosed hall that is about 30-35 meters, where the inmates are allowed less than an hour of fresh air every day. The inmates in this ward are not allowed access to books from the library or telephones like other inmates in the facility. After the transference of all of Evin Prison's female population- except the political prisoners- all of the female political prisoners are held in the same room, where they are not allowed access to fresh air, exercise, the library, or any of the other facilities afforded to other inmates </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6806'> The defendant sent out a message from prison in honor of International Student's Day. Branch 28 of Revolutionary Court added six month to her sentence on the charge of "Propagating against the system" for sending this message, bringing her total prison sentence to 10 years. Her attorneys are Mehdi Hojjati and Yousef Molai. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6813'> She began a hunger strike in protest of not being allowed to receive visitors and was subsequently transferred to Evin Prisons Medical Ward </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6811'> After being summoned to the Evin Court, the defendant was interrogated again and temporarily ended her hunger strike after one week. Despite this, she was not allowed to receive visitors for the next eight months </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6812'> The defendant, who had become sick while incarcerated in Evin Prison's Women's Ward, was allowed medical leave a few months after she was diagnosed. Her bail was posted at 700 million tomans </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6810'> The defendant was once again released from prison to receive treatment for kidney stones </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='20015'> She released on furlough for medical issues </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6809'> The defendant's release order was issued by Branch 54 of Revolutionary Appeals Court (probably Article 134). This sentence was not enacted due to the defendant's two-year suspended sentence from 2006 being implemeneted </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6807'> The implementation of the defendant's two-year suspended prison sentence from 2006 was relayed to her </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6805'> Amin Ahmadian, the defendant's husband, reported that her release order has been issued based on the implementation of Clause 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, but that she continues to remain incarcerated in Evin Prison's Women's Ward and has not been released. This is while there is no warrant, order, or legal justification as to why this individual should remain incarcerated </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6754'> It was reported that the defednant was released on furlough </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6851'> She returned to Evin Prison at the end of her furlough </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6852'> The United Nation's Working Group on Arbitrary Detention released a statement which labeled her 2009 arrest as "Arbitraty and against international laws and Iran's obligations" and called for her immediate release </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='8851'> By applying Article 134 and issuing a consolidation order, she spent a total of about six years in prison, including her detention duration, and released from prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='8051'> Kalameh reported that a meeting was held regarding Sunni prisoners' execution in Evin Prison's women ward with the company of Bahareh Hedayat and Narges Mohammadi </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='8752'> She took leave </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='29071'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/bahareh-hedayat/'> According to IPA, she was arrested in front of the university's security office. Officers refused to offer the legal warrant and beat Ms. Hedayat for requesting it; She was eventually transferred to a Vozara detention house </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='29099'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/37iPSsQ'> "The arrest of three students named Bahareh Hedayat, Amir Mohammad Sharifi, and Moin Zareian, was due to their presence at the November rally and chanting radical slogans," the University of Tehran's security department told ILNA. He added: > The agents went to the university to deliver a judicial notice to her. We didn't allow them to enter to arrest Ms. Hedayat, and the officers arrested her after she left university. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='29148'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-23864/'> She was transferred from the police detention center to Qarchak prison </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='29149'> <reference source='https://www.zeitoons.com/73235'> She disappeared after attending the security office. Numerous sources have stated that she has been arrested. she went on a hunger strike immediately after her arrest </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='29192'> She was released ona bail </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31726'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/بهاره-هدایت-به-دلیل-اعتراض-به-شلیک-سپاه/'> According to IPA, Bahareh Hedayat was sentenced to prison for protesting the shooting down of the Ukrainian plane. Her sentence was issued by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Iman Afshari. According to the indictment contents, Ms. Hedayat was sentenced to four years in prison on the charge of "Assembly and collusion against the national security" and to eight months in jail on the charge of "propaganda against the system." The court also imposed two additional sentences: "Two years ban on membership in parties and three months of forced labor in a sanitarium. Under Article 134, four years of imprisonment and additional sentences will be enforceable for her </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31782'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/روایت-بهاره-هدایت-از-بازداشت-در-دانشگا/'> Bahareh Hedayat described her arrest on Twitter. On the day of her arrest, Ms. Hedayat went to university security. The woman, who introduced herself as the university's security guard, wanted to give Ms. Hedayat some advice". Three officers arrested Ms. Hedayat after she left the security building. She asked the officers to provide a legal warrant. Arguments broke out between her and security forces due to the officers' refusal to give the warrant. Officers beat her and bent her head towards the car's floor so that she could not physically react. Eventually, officers provide the arrest warrant. According to the warrant, Branch 4 of the Evin prosecutor's office had issued an arrest permit and a search of her home </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='42363'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/ZMinuei/status/1577601651300798465'> Bahareh Hedayat's lawyer, Zahra Minouei, announced the arrest of her client in a tweet on her user page. She wrote that Mrs. Hedayat was at the house of one of her friends when she was arrested, and the agents broke into the house and arrested her without presenting a legal warrant. Bahareh Hedayat's arrest coincided with the start of nationwide protests in Iran in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl from Saqez who was beaten to death by Morality patrol agents. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='42720'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/ZMinuei/status/1582328028683636736'> Bahare Hedayat told her family on the phone that she was not injured in the Evin fire. Bahareh Hedayat's lawyer, Zahra Minouei, posted a tweet in this connection and wrote: > An hour ago, my client, Mrs. Bahareh Hedayat called her family and informed them about her health. During the countrywide protests in Iran in reaction to the murder of Mahsa Amini, parts of Evin Prison were set on fire on October 15th, 2022. A number of prisoners lost their lives, and some were wounded by the bullets shot by the prison guards. A number of prisoners suffered poisoning from breathing in the smoke and tear gas. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='43192'> <reference source='https://t.me/emtedadnet/72073'> She was transferred to the women's ward of Evin prison to serve the four-year sentence related to her previous case. Amir Raisian, one of Bahareh Hedayat's lawyers said in an interview that his client was detained in Evin Ward 209 until October 26, and received several charges, including propaganda activities against the state, assembly and collusion, as well as promoting corruption and prostitution (opposition to Mandatory hijab). </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='44607'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3uUxXa3'> By publishing a text from Evin prison, she expressed her opinion about the 2022 protest movement and "revolution" as the only way to fight against the Islamic Republic and said: > Arguing in this regard that the Islamic Republic is the enemy of this country and nation has long become redundant work; This government's nature and destiny is destruction and it must go. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='46145'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnlxaw7Kyhk/'> Narges Mohammadi published a report on Instagram of widespread human rights violations in Evin prison, in which she mentioned that Bahareh Hedayat spent 7 months in solitary confinement. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='48782'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CoCH7KrKwDi/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=f259b7aa-e590-4a6c-9753-104d923b70bc'> Hasti Amiri, Noushin Jafari, Raha Askarizadeh, Sepideh Gholian, Narges Mohammadi, Alieh Motalebzadeh, and Bahareh Hedayat, seven women political prisoners imprisoned in Evin prison have published a letter expressing their disgust with the death sentence and any kind of mental and emotional torture such as the threat of execution and have asked the people not to stand still to stop the death sentence of the protestors. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='46977'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3JXxnkD'> After the publication of Farhad Maisami's pictures in Rajaee Shahr prison, which show his severe weight loss after the hunger strike, Bahareh Hedayat released a statement asking him to end his hunger strike. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='50979'> <reference source='https://t.me/emtedadnet/77597'> Emtedad reported that she has been denied visitation since three weeks ago. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='52332'> <reference source='https://iranwire.com/fa/news-1/117499'> In a letter, Bahareh Hedayat asked the opposition forces to be aware of the negative impact of party conflicts on the people of Iran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53858'> <reference source='https://x.com/ZMinuei/status/1688087656113053696?s=20'> Zahra Minoui wrote on X social network that her client, Bahareh Hedayat, was released on bail for 72 hours. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53859'> <reference source='https://t.me/bidarzani/13273'> By publishing a letter, she announced that she has started a hunger strike since the evening of Thursday, August 31, in protest against the "killing of Javad Rouhi in prison" and in support of "one year of relentless resistance of freedom-loving women" in Iran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53860'> <reference source='https://x.com/AtenaDaemi/status/1700058820129533969?s=20'> The family of Javad Rouhi, the protester who was killed in prison, published a text asking Bahare Hedayat to end his hunger strike. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53864'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/yjf77yhm'> By publishing a message, she emphasized she would continue her hunger strike and considered it in line with the society's will to overthrow the Islamic Republic. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53862'> <reference source='https://x.com/ZMinuei/status/1700897628827861182?s=20'> Bahareh Hedayat's lawyer, Zahra Minouei, wrote on X: > In today's family visit with Bahareh Hedayat, it became clear that after 10 days of hunger strike, she has lost 8 kilos and is currently suffering from severe weakness and heart palpitations. She was able to come to the visitation hall with the help of a prison officer. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53865'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/3rv2xz2x'> Bahareh Hedayat was transferred to Taleghani Hospital on the 13th day of her hunger strike due to her worsening condition. IranWire reported: > According to the diagnosis of the prison doctor, Bahareh Hedayat was transferred to Taleghani Hospital's emergency room due to complications from the hunger strike, general weakness and inability to move." According to this report, Ms. Hedayat was admitted to Taleghani hospital emergency room along with several agents from Evin prison, and the agents did not allow her to see her family. IranWire further wrote that despite the drop in blood sugar to nearly 58, Hedayat refused to break the strike and even accept the serum. Therefore, on Tuesday evening, September 12, 2023, after receiving a letter from her based on "the prisoner's refusal to accept serum and treatment , she was returned to Evin prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53866'> <reference source='https://x.com/Animmina218/status/1701568709968478260?s=20'> More than 200 artists, journalists, and civil activists expressed their concern for Bahareh Hedayat's health and asked her to end her hunger strike. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53868'> <reference source='https://t.me/shirinebadiofficial/17223'> Shirin Ebadi, social activist, human rights activist, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, on the 14th day of Bahareh Hedayat's hunger strike, published a note asking her to end the hunger strike. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53867'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/47n6t9k8'> She ended her hunger strike on the 14th day and released a letter promising to continue fighting. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53869'> <reference source='https://x.com/ZMinuei/status/1717553909231698242?s=20'> Zahra Minoui wrote in her user account on X that her client, Bahareh Hedayat, has come on a three-day leave on bail. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='55044'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/bddrbvt7'> In a letter from Evin prison, Bahareh Hedayat addressed some issues facing the different factions in the opposition of the Islamic Republic and wrote, "Our Iran is in danger, both the lives of its citizens and its land and national sovereignty and these are all caused by the government of the Islamic Republic." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>