Shahnaz Akmali

Shahnaz Akmali (Shahnaz Karimbeigi) is a Human Rights activist. Her son, Mostafa Karimbeigi, was killed during the protests after the 2009 elections, and since then the Karimbeigi family has been under persecution by security forces

After receiving a summon for sentence enforcement, she tweeted: "During the interrogation, they said forget that you had a son; I said I can't; This is the punishment for a mother who can't forget that she had a son." <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='12447'> Mostafa Karimbeigi was shot and killed by the security forces. They did not allow Karimbeigi family to bury him in Tehran, so they had to bury their son in Joughin village in the suburbs of Shahriar. Mostafa Karimbeigi's headstone has been broken several times. Some believe that these acts to be a warning by the security forces to the family </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='13263'> Human Rights Watch asked for her immediate release </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='12448'> Shahnaz Akmali was arrested. According to Harana, early morning, several security agents searched her house and confiscated some of her belongings and arrested her. He family has not been briefed on the reason for her arrest and were only told that she has been transferred to a hospital </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='12525'> In a phone call to her family, she told them that she is in Ward 209 group cells, and her bail has been set for 100 million tomans </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='12604'> According to Harana, when her family went to the courthouse to pay her bail, they were told: > there is no bail . According to the report, this is not the first time that the interrogators have given the Karimbeigi family wrong information to put mental pressure on them </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='12804'> In his Facebook page, Reza Khandan announced that after Ms. Akmali's arrest by the Intelligence ministry, they have called her daughter, Maryam Karimbeigi, and threatened her saying they will "burning their house down" </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='12861'> According to Harana, in protest to Shahnaz Akmali's arrest, Narges Mohammadi, Atena Daemi, Maryam Akbari Monfared, and Golrokh Iraee sent a letter from the Women's Ward of Evin Prison demanding her immediate and unconditional release </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='12950'> Saeed Shirzad wrote a letter to Maryam Karim Beigi in which she talked about the strength of "our mother Shahnaz", and asked her to stay strong. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='12947'> As reported by Kalameh, Zahra Rabbani Amleshi, Ahmad Montazari’s wife, wrote a letter asking for the freedom of Shahnaz Akmali. In this letter she wrote, “Honorable judicial authorities, the children of these loved ones were killed in this very same country at the hands of individuals who were under orders. If you cannot empathize with them, then at least set them free so they can mourn in the manner that they desire. Free this noble mother and fear her scream that rises from her broken heart” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='13117'> Was released with posting bail of 100 million Tomans. According to Kalameh, spent 17 days of the total days of arrest in solitary </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='16937'> According to a text written on her Instagram page, she appeared at branch 2 of the prosecutor’s office of Evin, with her lawyer Amir Raysian, and defended herself against the charges of “propagating against the state” and “stirring public anxiety” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19571'> She was condemned to one year incarceration and one year ban from leaving the country or presence on the internet for the charge of “propagating against the state”, by judge Ahmadzadeh at branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26808'> Branch 36 of the Tehran appellate court headed by Judge Zargar confirmed the sentence </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='27769'> <reference source='https://ipa.united4iran.org/media/file_evidence/a.jpg'> He was summoned to Evin court to serve her sentence. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='28130'> <reference source='https://www.kaleme.com/1398/10/04/klm-275085/'> According to Kalameh, Shahnaz Akmali has rescinded her call for a gathering on the 40th day anniversary of the November 2019 killings under heavy security pressure. A few days later agents came to her house again and confiscated some personal items of Maryam Karim Beigi including her cellphone. In addition, the agents pulled off the plate of Ms. Karim Beigi's car and took it with them. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='28410'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/shahnaz-akmali/'> IPA sources reported that Shahnaz Akmali reported to Evin Prison. The agents had come to her home the day before to arrest her but she wasn't home. The security forces told her daughter that they will be back to arrest Ms. Akmali. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29393'> <reference source='https://t.me/IranintlTV/48521'> Was released on furlough </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31768'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-25840/?tg_rhash=22a41dd9689763'> When she was on furlough she was informed that she has received an early release. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>