Aida Amidi

Aida Amidi is a poet and a member of the board of the Iranian Writers' Association. She was arrested during the 2022 national protests.

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>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='46109'> <reference source='https://t.me/kanoon_nevisandegane_iran/815'> After the death of Baktash Abtin and the increased security pressures on the Iranian Writers' Association, two members of the association, Akbar Masoumbeigi and Aida Amidi were summoned to the first branch of the Evin court. According to the report, they were interrogated about the association's statement condemning the murder of Baktash Abtin. The security forces were trying to prevent the memorial event of Mr. Abtin from taking place. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='46103'> <reference source='https://t.me/kanoon_nevisandegane_iran/965'> Rouzbeh Sohani and Aida Amidi were arrested for several hours. According to the association, the arrests occurred separately within two hours of each other, but the methods were the same and the agents broke down the house door and arrested them while causing fear and confusion. The Writers' Association condemns the arrest of its forces and considers the state forces responsible for "any harm" to their lives. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='46104'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3WAoqAy'> The American and Australian PEN associations released a joint statement condemning the arrests of three of their members and expressed concern for the health of Roozbeh Sohani, Aida Amidi, and Ali Reza Adineh, calling the arrests another method of causing fear and silencing progressive voices of Iranian civil society. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='46107'> <reference source='https://t.me/kanoon_nevisandegane_iran/988'> Aida Amidi was released on bail. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48167'> <reference source='https://t.me/kanoon_nevisandegane_iran/1017'> 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>