Farzaneh Zilabi

Farzaneh Zilabi is a member of Khuzestan Bar Association. So far, he has represented the workers of Haft-Tappeh, some national religious activists of Khuzestan province, the protestors of the 2022 uprising, the case of Khuzestan social security pensioners, and some Khuzestan journalists, including the secretary of the Khuzestan Teachers Union.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='51302'> <reference source='https://t.me/bbcpersian/32935'> Farzaneh Zilabi protested the judicial process in the case by announcing that after the arrest of Esmail Bakhshi, Moslem Armand, Hassan Fazli, and Mohammad Khanifar. She requested the judicial authorities to study the case and until now, she has not been given such permission. She said the right to have a lawyer is based on the constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the right of Haft Tappeh workers, and said that since the arrest of Esmail Bakhshi, neither she nor his family have met with him, and she cannot talk about the torture of his client: > Deprivation of family and lawyer visits can be an example of torture. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51303'> <reference source='https://t.me/bbcpersian/32935'> 15 workers in the Haft Tappeh case were exonerated. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51304'> <reference source='https://t.me/bbcpersian/34545'> Farzaneh Zilabi, Esmail Bakhshi's lawyer, said in a conversation with Event 24: > My client has been pressured to deny his comments." HRANA wrote that during the day, "Mr. Bakhshi was called several times and threatened. Meanwhile, Heshmatollah Falahat Pisheh, the head of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament, said that the issue of Esmail Bakshi's torture will be investigated in the National Security Commission on Tuesday, January 18. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51305'> <reference source='https://t.me/Farsi_Iranwire/25182'> According to Iranwire, Farzaneh Zilabi said: Mr. Esmail Bakshi was subjected to all kinds of physical and mental torture. Some examples of torture against him are: - Beating, during arrest and during detention. - Blindfolding, binding, handcuffing, and tying him to a chair. - Keeping him in solitary confinement in inhumane conditions. In the new criminal procedure law, keeping in solitary confinement does not even have a place as a disciplinary punishment. -Attempting to convince him of his treason to the country and putting pressure on him in this way. -Lack of access to his medications during the entire period of detention. -Verbal insults. - Lack of access to his hired lawyer (even regarding non-security charges) which according to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is one of the clear examples of torture. - Denial of meeting with his family, especially his young child. - The pressures still continue on Esmail_Bakhshi, including threats about his job, threats to his life, threats to open a new security case, and threats to be convicted and kept in prison for the rest of his life! - Preparing a documentary in the security detention center under pressure. - Listening to his private conversations with his wife and family and abusing its content to put pressure on him. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51287'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2019/hranews/a-19122/'> According to HRANA, she was summoned to the third branch of the investigation and public and revolutionary prosecutor's office in Shush. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51288'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2019/hranews/a-21177/'> According to HRANA, Farzaneh Zilabi was summoned to the Public and Revolutionary Court of Ahvaz. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51291'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-35640/'> The HaftTappeh sugarcane workers' union reacted to the filing of a legal case against Farzaneh Zilabi and called it "a new round of pressure." They condemned any court case "framing" Ms. Farzaneh Zilabi. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51289'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/statements/a-594/'> A group of lawyers reacted to Farzaneh Zilabi's summons by writing a statement. In this statement, while defending the actions of Mrs. Zilabi in order to achieve a fair trial for her clients, they demanded the judiciary to declare her case closed. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51294'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-30123/'> The investigation session of Farzaneh Zilabi was held at Ahvaz Prosecutor's Office. Naser Zarafshan, in a conversation with Etemad newspaper, while stating that "my client is paying the price for defending Haft-Tapeh workers", said that "in addition to issuing a bail order, the investigator of the case has also banned his client from practicing law for 6 months." According to this lawyer, the case was filed in the first investigation branch of the Shush city prosecutor's office, which was referred to the 12th branch of the Ahvaz investigation with the referral of the Shush prosecutor, and now it is being investigated in this branch under the current circumstances, and the first hearing of it was also attended by Farzaneh Zilabi and another lawyer in the case, Siavash Shoja Pourian, have been held. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51296'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-30698/'> According to the report of Naser Zarafshan, lawyer Farzaneh Zilabi announced the issuance of summons to the hearing for five accusations for his client and said, "Because the file was marked as confidential, my client and I did not have access to the file and we did not know the quality and quantity of the case. We don't have it. The entire process of my client's case is inconsistent with the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law and legal regulations. Zarafshan went on to point out that the previous order regarding Zilabi's six-month ban from working as a lawyer was also apparently violated, and added, "What we know about these cases comes indirectly from some judges or the verbal announcement of the branch office manager about bringing her to court." and none of these cases have been communicated to me or to my client." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51295'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-31095/'> The Haft Tepe Sugarcane Workers' Union wrote that the court hearing of Farzaneh Zilabi's charges will be held on Tuesday, July 27. According to this report, Mrs. Zilabi will appear at Branch 113 of the Ahvaz Criminal Court to deal with the charge of disseminating lies in her statements regarding the torture of Esmail Bakshi and Shapour Rashnou in the detention center of the Ministry of Intelligence and her interview regarding the cases of Haft Tappeh workers. Also, on August 1st, a hearing will be held regarding her other accusations in the indictment issued by the Revolutionary Court. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51293'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-31707/'> Nasser Zarafshan, the defense lawyer of Farzaneh Zilabi, informed about the verdict of her case at the preliminary stage in the Revolutionary Court and stated: > My client was acquitted in the Revolutionary Court for the accusations of a and assembly and collusion, disseminating lies, and insulting the leadership and in "the case of propaganda against the state she has been sentenced to one year in prison and two years of ban on leaving the country. Zarafshan added: > In the Revolutionary Court, unlike other courts, they do not announce the issued sentences. I only received a text message to go to Ahvaz to receive the ruling. Here in Ahvaz, as my client said, even transcribing the vote with a pen is prohibited and you are only allowed to transcribe it with a pencil! I did not understand at all what is the reason and benefit of this ban and decision?" Ms. Zilabi will be in Branch 113 of the Ahvaz Criminal Court in August to deal with another group of charges, including "disseminating lies for her statements regarding the torture of Esmail Bakhshi and Shapour Rashnou in the detention center of the Ministry of Intelligence and her interviews regarding the cases of Haft Tappeh workers. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51297'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-34566/'> HRANA wrote that Farzaneh Zilabi's appeal session will be held on Tuesday, April 26, at the 16th branch of the Khuzestan Court of Appeals presided over by of Judge Kousha. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51290'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-35640/'> In order to deal with her two cases in the 16th branch of the Court of Appeal of Khuzestan province, a review time was set. In these cases, Mrs. Zilabi was previously sentenced to one year in prison, three months and one day of suspended imprisonment, and two years of ban on leaving the country. HRANA also wrote that this appointment was made while she had previously submitted a request to reschedule her case in the criminal court with the presence of witnesses. Monitoring or precautionary time means holding a meeting for further investigation of the case without the presence of the litigants by the judges. It should be noted that she was given a suspended sentence of three months and one day due to the charges of "disseminating lies about her statements regarding the torture of Esmail Bakshi and Shapour Rashnou in the detention center of the Ministry of Intelligence and Interviews regarding the cases of Haft Tappeh workers". She was sentenced to three months and one day in prison by Branch 113 of the Ahvaz Criminal Court on the charge of disseminating lies, the enforcement of which has been suspended for one year. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51301'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-39770/'> A court hearing on the charges against Farzaneh Zilabi was held in the Ahvaz courthouse. While announcing this news, Haft-Tappeh sugarcane workers' union wrote that during this meeting held at the Ahvaz courthouse, Mrs. Zillabi was accused of insulting the leadership, being a member of anti-regime groups, colluding to act against national security, and propaganda against the state, and disseminating lies, and she defended herself. According to this report, Farzaneh Zilabi was denied the right to have a personal lawyer in this meeting. According to this report, Ms. Zilabi has been temporarily released on bail until the end of the proceedings. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51300'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-41128/'> According to HRANA, the hearing of her accusations in another case was held in the Ahvaz Revolutionary Court, and she was charged with insulting the leader, membership in anti-regime groups, collusion with the intention of acting against national security, and propaganda against the state. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51299'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-41128/'> Following the opening of a new case for disseminating lies, she was summoned to Branch 113 of Ahvaz Criminal Court, and due to the objection and failure to notify one of Farzaneh Zilabi's lawyers, the hearing on the charges of this lawyer was canceled and postponed. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51866'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-41230/'> She was sentenced to one year in prison by the fourth branch of the Ahvaz Revolutionary Court on the charge of propaganda against the state and to six months in prison on the charge of insulting the leader. While announcing this news, HRANA wrote, quoting an informed source, that Farzaneh Zillabi did not appear in this court, but her defense bill was attached and one of her lawyers was present in the court session. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51869'> <reference source='https://t.me/emtedadnet/78215'> In an interview with Tashen, while explaining and examining the charges in his client Mrs. Zilabi's case, Naser Zarafshan announced: > Farzaneh Zilabi being punished for her doing her duty as a lawyer, and this is dangerous." > According to Ms. Zilabi, the court verdict was issued without citing examples of propaganda against the state and without citing examples of insulting the leader, and "gentlemen refused to state the basis for issuing the verdict. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51864'> <reference source='https://t.me/kargarane7tape/14361'> According to Haft-Tappeh's independent workers' channel, a group of Ahvaz social security retirees gathered in front of the city's social security organization in support of Farzaneh Zillabi and in protest of the lack of response to their demands. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52655'> <reference source='https://rb.gy/o9dpj'> According to Voice of America, the Union of Public Service Workers of Europe published an open letter addressed to the authorities of the Islamic Republic, demanding the release of Reza Shahabi, Sepideh Gholian, and Hassan Saeedi, and emphasizing the reversal of the prison sentence of Farzaneh Zilabi, a lawyer for a number of workers in Khuzestan province. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>