Shakila Monfared

Shakila Monfared is a civil rights activist and a monarchist. She was arrested in 2020 and sentenced to prison and while in prison another case was brought against her for which she received an additional prison sentence. She has been assaulted and wounded in prison a few times.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='32589'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-26591/'> She was arrested and transferred to 1A detention house. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32590'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-26591/'> Was sent to the general population in Evin prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32591'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-26632/'> She was released on bail. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='35162'> IPA sources reported that she was arrested at the revolutionary court and transferred to Evin Prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='34377'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-28483/'> HRANA reported that the trial session for the joint case of Arsham Rezaei, Mohammad Abolhassani, and Shakila Monfared was held at the 26th branch of the revolutionary court presided by Judge Iman Afshari. According to the report, Shakila Monfared has been sentenced to six years in prison and Arsham Rezaei and Mohammad Abolhassani were both sentenced to 15 months in prison and four months of mandatory work at the Ministry of Agriculture for four hours a day. (Article 134: five years for Shakila Monfared). The sentences for Arsham Rezaei and Mohammad Abolhassani are more than the maximum prohibited by law. It seems article 138 was applied to increase their sentence. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='35160'> <reference source=''> IPA reported that the sentences of the defendants have been confirmed and communicated. The 36th branch of the appeal court of Tehran reduced Arsham Rezaei's sentence to 11 months in prison and confirmed Mohammad Abolhassani's 15 months in prison verbatim. The appeal court has also sentenced Shakila Monfared to 50 months in prison but it is not clear whether this amount is before or after applying article 134. The three years and six months sentence in the statistics section is estimated. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='35758'> <reference source='https://www.kampain.info/archive/54308.htm'> She was transferred from the women's ward in Evin Prison to Qarchak Varamin Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='35795'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/ZAhmadiragheb/status/1391691591157485569?s=20'> She was transferred from the quarantine ward of Qarchak Prison to ward 2 of counseling. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36127'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-30436/?tg_rhash=22a41dd9689763'> HRANA reported that a group of prisoners from the general population attacked and wounded Shakila Monfared. According to the report, The general population prisoners, encouraged by the prison staff, insulted and severely beat Ms. Monfared and wounded her with an aluminum can lid. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36623'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-31433/'> She went on Furlough. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='37698'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-31623/'> Returned to prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='37697'> <reference source='https://humanrightsiniran.com/1400/55626/'> Iran Human Right website reported that this is the fifth time that the judicial authorities have denied her request for a medical furlough. The reason for the refusal is the case interrogator's report about Ms. Monfared's interview with the media. After medication poisoning, Ms. Monfared has been suffering from gastrointestinal and biliary problems and severe pain in her stomach. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='37816'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Arash_sadeghii/status/1468601209787457536?s=20'> Arash Sadeghi wrote that Shakila Monfared has been summoned again to the third branch of investigation at Evin court presided by Mohammad Mehdi Baraeh on the charge of disseminating lies. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='39771'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Al_Sharifzadeh/status/1491016759624990720?s=20&t=dYOfcRUR0VZWTjJuiY01ww'> Her attorney Ali Sharifzadeh wrote that the 26th branch of the revolutionary court has sentenced her to two years and eight months in prison for membership in illegal groups and 100 million rials in fine for disseminating lies (After article 134: two years and eight months enforceable). </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38352'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/ToomajSalehi/status/1499522735038504967?s=20&t=kp4lhw52H5NOnZ19OXlxRQ'> She went on a hunger strike in protest of the lack of crime classification in prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38353'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/MonfaredAshkan/status/1499471297273016320?s=20&t=VgPOc4TEJDvw2JTKPyiwXQ'> Her brother Ashkan Monfared said Shakila has gone on a hunger strike after the attack by prisoners. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38354'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/MonfaredAshkan/status/1500675212177653760?s=20&t=VgPOc4TEJDvw2JTKPyiwXQ'> On the fourth day of her hunger strike, she was transferred to the infirmary of Qarchak Prison. The authorities refused to transfer her to the political ward. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38355'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/MonfaredAshkan/status/1500886727644225536?s=20&t=VgPOc4TEJDvw2JTKPyiwXQ'> After her transfer to the political prisoners' ward (8) she ended her hunger strike. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38839'> <reference source='https://t.me/CFPPI3/4242'> She went on a hunger strike in protest of the lack of medical care and being denied transfer to the hospital. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='39770'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Al_Sharifzadeh/status/1531572655807135745?s=20&t=dYOfcRUR0VZWTjJuiY01ww'> Shakila Monfared's prison sentence of two years and eight months for membership in illegal groups was approved by the appeal court verbatim. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48247'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Ghazzallz/status/1549674982795612162'> All the prisoners held in the political ward of the Women’s Prison in Qarchak were transferred to Evin Prison. Ghazal Abdollahi, daughter of Aliyeh Motallebzadeh announced on Twitter that her mother informed her of this event in a phone call. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41440'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/letters/a-911/'> 16 female political prisoners in Evin Prison released an open letter about the spread of coronavirus in the women’s ward and warned about the high population density in the ward. The signatories are Hasti Amiri, Narges Adibi, Fariba Asadi, Leila Gholikhani, Ganjeh, Sepideh Gholian, Zohreh Sarv, Maliheh Jafari, Nasrin Javadi, Gelareh Abbasi, Saba Kurd Afshari, Zeinab Hamrang, Aliyeh Motallebzadeh, Shakila Monfared, Asal Mohammadi, Farangis Mazloum, and Narges Mohammadi. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41790'> She was denied phone calls for two months. According to an IPA source, this occurred after she reported on the lack of airconditioning and shortcomings in the mothers' ward of Qarchak Prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42888'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-37369/?tg_rhash=22a41dd9689763'> The Prisons' Organization of Tehran province brought a lawsuit against 14 female prisoners in Evin Prison. According to HRANA, Fariba Asadi, Shakila Monfared, Saba Kurd Afshari, Forough Taghipour, Parastou Moeini, Raheleh Ahmadi, Zahra Safaei, Aliyeh Motallebzadeh, Narges Mohammadi, Marzieh Farsi, Fereshteh Sadant Mohammadi, Azam (Nasrin) Khezri Javadi, Narges Adibi, and Asrin Darkaleh are facing a new case because they refused to wear handcuffs and shackles while being transferred to court. According to the report, the Prisons' Organization of Tehran has claimed that the prisoners organized a sit-in after the officials denied their request to not wear handcuffs and shackles. The charges brought against these female prisoners are "disrupting public order, assembly and conspiracy against the state, insulting the officials, and disobeying the orders of prison guards. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48244'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/MonfaredAshkan/status/1600993384411193345'> Her brother Ashkan Monfared released an audio file of Shakila Monfared on his Twitter page in which she reports her lack of access to medical treatment and being assaulted by the prison staff. In the file, Shakila Monfared says that while her blood pressure was 6.5 she was taken to the infirmary with the help of other prisoners. She received a serum and when she asked the nurse to stop the serum so she can go to the bathroom, the nurse stopped the serum and threw it away. After returning from the bathroom, she asked the nurse for the serum but she refused and when he protested, two female prison guards named Masoumeh Nouriani and Pari Azar and the officer on duty SHahla Berenji, violently started beating her and kicked her between her legs, which led to bleeding. She refers to the prison doctor as "Dr. Jafari". Ms. Monfared goes on to say that Masoumeh Nouriani sat on her chest and kept slamming her hands and head to the ground, and twisted her arm to a point that it was bruised and fractured. She says the head of security Beh-Mohammadi, and the warden Hedayat Farzadi rebuked the violence perpetrated by the female prison staff, and Sepifdfdeh Gholian and several other female political prisoners declared that they will testify about the beating. Shakila Monfared says in the end that she has had a toothache for months but the prison authorities pay no attention to her requests for treatment. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='46230'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnlxaw7Kyhk/'> Narges Mohammadi reported on Instagram that Shakila Monfared has spent 72 days in solitary cells and was denied sufficient medical care. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48245'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/MonfaredAshkan/status/1623757229110472705'> Her brother Shkan Monfared reported on Twitter that his sister has been denied medical furlough repeatedly. He said: After months of pain in the gallbladder and follow-ups, they finally took Shakila to the medical examiner for the medical committee to decide on surgery. They denied her request for medical furlough many times. He added: > From 23 to 29 when she was supposed to build a life, she spent it in solitary and interrogations and beatings. Why? "Because that's the decision of the case investigator This has been their response to all the years of follow-up and questions from the family and several attorneys. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48246'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/MonfaredAshkan/status/1624861819881013248?s=20'> Her brother Ashkan Monfared reported on his Twitter account that "Shakila made a phone call today and said the five-year suspended sentence from her previous case has been added to the current case that she got 6 years for, to the sum of 11 years." Mr. Monfared didn't explain the details of this occurrence. He mentioned in his tweet, which was published right after the "public pardon and sentence reduction order", Mr. Monfared said that they expected Shakila to be released along with other prisoners in the womens' ward, but she wasn't. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52619'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/upds83/status/1670474222676869120?s=20'> Reza Mazaheri, a former political prisoner, wrote on X (FKA Twitter) that despite the poor physical condition of Ms. Monfared, the relevant officials agreed to her medical leave on a bail of 100 billion rials, thus depriving her of the right to access medical care. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52620'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-41880/'> She was denied proper treatment. Quoting an informed source, HRANA wrote that Shakila Mofared is suffering from gallstones and according to the doctor's prescription, she must undergo surgery. But the relevant authorities have required her to put up bail of 10 billion rials to be sent on medical leave with an electronic ankle bracelet. According to this source, the authorities had initially announced the bail amount of 100 billion rials, which was reduced to 10 billion rials due to the protest of Shakila Monfared, but due to the inability to provide it, her right to medical leave was denied. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52621'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-42123/'> She was denied the right to contact her family and attorney. Quoting an informed source, HRANA wrote that the prison officials recently removed the contact numbers of some relatives and the attorney of Shakila Monfared from her phone card, and Ms. Monfared can only make phone calls to her mother. According to this source, despite providing bail for medical leave, the authorities have informed her that they will send her to the hospital in early August. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53994'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-42448/'> She was sent on medical leave. While announcing this news, HRANA wrote, quoting an informed source, that Shakila Monfared was sent on medical leave for five days and underwent gallstone surgery at Taleghani Hospital in Tehran. This leave was made possible by depositing a bond of 10 billion Rials. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53995'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-42828/'> She returned to Evin Prison at the end of her leave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59595'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3wQhKr1'> On the anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death, she set fire to her shawl in the yard of Evin prison. along with Narges Mohammadi, Golrokh Iraei, and Azadeh Abedini. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53996'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-44367/'> HRANA reported that Shakila Monfared was charged with "propaganda against the state" in the second branch of the investigation of Evin Prosecutor's Office headed by Amir Hossein Tarian due to a new case against her during her imprisonment. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59424'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/4aqE8oI'> According to IranWire, seven female political prisoners published a letter from Evin prison calling "Bloody Friday of Zahedan" an influential moment in the "Women, Life, Freedom" movement and wrote that "the lives lost in Zahedan gave new life to the movement." Based on this news, Narges Mohammadi, Golrokh Iraei, Sepideh Gholian, Faezeh Hashemi, Shakila Monfard, Mehbooba Rezaei and Azadeh Abedini are the signatories of this letter. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53997'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/MonfaredAshkan/status/1732640186419589265'> The indictment of the case was issued by Branch 1 of the Evin Prosecutor's Office with the charge of propaganda against the state. Ashkan Monfared, Shakila Monfared's brother, confirmed this news on his page on X social network and wrote: > In the issued indictment, it is stated that due to the political and security conditions if a verdict is issued regarding the conviction of this individual, it is suggested that she serve her sentence outside of Tehran. Ashkan Monfed emphasized that "this is the third case brought against Shakila while she has been serving her sentence in these three and a half years. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53998'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-45870/'> She was denied access to the prison phone and contact with her family. While confirming this news, a source told HRANA: "This morning, during the visit of Judge Iman Afshari to the women's ward of Evin prison, the prisoners started chanting slogans against the judge as a sign of protest. Following these protests, Judge Afshari's bodyguards attacked the prisoners and started beating them. In response to these protests, Judge Afshari announced that Shakila Monfared and several other prisoners should be deported to Sistan and Baluchistan province within a week to serve as a lesson for others. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54191'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/534xjerb'> In a letter received by Voice of America, Shakila Monfared announced the issuance of "predetermined" sentences and "torture" during her detention. While announcing this news, Voice of America has written that while in prison for another case, Shakila Monfared has been charged with 15 months of imprisonment, two years of ban on residence in Tehran province and neighboring provinces, and other additional punishments such as the ban on the use of smartphones and the ban on membership in political and social groups and organizations. According to this report, in a part of this note, she called Judge Iman Afshari "the signature machine of IRGC Intelligence." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54431'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/3t8n83wj'> During a press conference, Masoud Setayeshi, the spokesman of the Judiciary of the Islamic Republic, said the disconnection of the Evin women's ward's phone lines is the responsibility of the warden of this prison. In response to a question in this regard, he said that according to the executive regulations of the Prisons Organization, "the management of such matters and the affairs of the penal institution is the responsibility of the head of the penal institution". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54432'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-46012/'> HRANA wrote that Anisha Asadollahi, Reyhaneh Ansarinejad, Forough Taghipour, Shiva Esmaili, Marzieh Farsi, Arghavan Fallahi, Sepideh Gholian, Nasim Soltanbeigi, Sarvenaz Ahmadi, Golrokh Iraei, Nagin Najaf Rostami, Mahboubeh Rezaei and Narges Mohammadi are still denied contact with their families. Also, a family member of Shakila Monfared told HRANA that she has not been in contact with her family for some time. While confirming this news, a source told HRANA: > Prisoners have been deprived of the possibility of contact for a month. Despite the fact that the prison disciplinary committee did not notify the women prisoners in writing, they have not had any contact with their families since last Wednesday HRANA also wrote that Nagin Najaf Rostami, Mahboubeh Rezaei and Narges Mohammadi, in addition to the mentioned period, have been banned from making phone calls to their families for 20 more days due to their continuous protests in prison regarding the lack of consideration of their demands. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55932'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/ys3e6p9w'> According to IranWire, Shakila Monfared was sentenced to 15 months of imprisonment, two years of exile outside Tehran and neighboring provinces, two years of ban on leaving the country, two years of ban on membership in socio-political groups, and two years on using smartphones. This ruling was issued in absentia at the end of January and after the appeal request was rejected, it was recently finalized. In its verdict, the court claimed that "no reason has been presented for violating and reversing the indictment by Shakila Monfard" and for this reason, it has rejected her appeal request. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='57250'> <reference source='https://ir.voanews.com/a/prison-sentence-shakila-monfared-reduced-12-months-last-case/7547471.html'> According to Voice of America, the Court of Appeal of Tehran has reduced Shakila Monfared's prison sentence to 12 months and all the clauses related to the supplementary punishment have been confirmed verbatim. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='60892'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-49179/'> She was sent on leave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='61526'> <reference source='https://x.com/Al_Sharifzadeh/status/1806046445503455331'> Ali Sharifzadeh Ardakani wrote on his Twitter account that Shakila Monfared was arrested in the 8th District Prosecutor's Office before the end of her 5-day leave and was transferred to Evin Prison. The Voice of America also wrote in a report in this regard that she went to Mehrad Hospital with her father to follow up on medical tests, and based on the fact that five days of leave were not enough to complete the medical procedures, she requested an extension from the prosecutor's office and assistant prosecutor "Ms. Shaghaghi". In this report, it is stated that in the meantime, the prosecutor called the interrogator for a decision, and the interrogator said, "Now that she has come here already, take her to prison." According to this report, after she protested and resisted this order, she was finally transferred to Evin prison by force. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='62562'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-49749/'> According to HRANA's report, Shakila Monfared is facing a new case in prison with the complaint of Ms. Shaghaghi, the deputy prosecutor. According to this report, the indictment of this political prisoner has been issued by Tehran's eighth district prosecutor's office with charges of destruction of public property and disorder. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='62580'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-49765/'> HRANA reported that she started a hunger strike in protest against the case that was opened against her during her imprisonment. According to this report, she was transferred to the quarantine ward following this action. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='62581'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-49779/'> According to HRANA, she was transferred to the hospital due to illness. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='62582'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-49823/'> According to HRANA, she was returned to Evin prison after three days in Taleghani Hospital. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='62583'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-49942/'> She ended her hunger strike. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='63324'> <reference source='https://t.me/emtedadnet/91597'> She was sentenced to a total of seven years and seven months of imprisonment and 10 lashes due to the case that was recently opened against her while she was in prison. Attorney Ali Sharifzadeh Ardakani stated in an interview that Ms. Monfared was sentenced to six years and seven months in prison for the charge of destruction of public property and one year in prison and 10 lashes for disturbing public peace and order. According to this report, the breaking of the glass of the District Court's desk is mentioned as an example of destruction of public property. By applying Article 134 of the Criminal Code, six years and seven months of this ruling will be applicable. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>