Fereshteh Mansouri

Fereshteh Mansouri is a resident of Chardavol. She was arrested and sentenced to prison at the same time as the nationwide uprising in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini.

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='58265'> <reference source='https://kurdpa.net/fa/news/2023/08/45'> According to Kurdpa, she was arrested by the security forces in Tabriz city in 2009. According to this report, she was suspended from university for one semester. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58267'> <reference source='https://kurdpa.net/fa/news/2023/08/45'> According to Kurdpa, she was arrested at the same time as the nationwide protests in November 2019. In this report, it is stated that the IRGC Intelligence of the Sarabaleh took a written pledge from Ms. Mansouri by pressuring her. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48696'> <reference source='https://kurdpa.net/fa/news/2023/01/115'> According to Kurdpa, Fereshteh Mansouri was arrested by security forces in Ilam. Her arrest took place at the same time as the nationwide uprising in Iran in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48697'> <reference source='https://kurdpa.net/fa/news/2023/01/115'> According to Kurdpa, she was temporarily released on a bail of 5.5 billion rials. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58262'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/news-fa/2023/08/16/p21738/'> According to Kurdistan Human Rights Network, she went to Ilam prison to serve the sentence. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48698'> <reference source='https://kurdpa.net/fa/news/2023/01/115'> Kurdpa reported that the first branch of the Sarabaleh Revolutionary Court sentenced her to three years and six months in prison on charges of disturbing public order and peace, insulting the leader of the Islamic Republic and assembly and collusion against internal security, according to Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code. Kurdpa also wrote that Ms. Mansouri was sentenced to six months in prison by the sixth branch of the Ilam Court of Appeal. It is mentioned in Kurdpa's report that the Court of Appeal of Ilam issued a six-month prison sentence for Ms. Mansouri without sufficient investigation of the case and without her having access to a lawyer of her choice and declared it final and binding. In its report, Kurdpa also mentioned that Ms. Mansouri has custody of her young child and is the head of the family. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58263'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/news-fa/2023/08/16/p21738/'> Shee was released from prison. 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>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58264'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/news-fa/2023/08/16/p21738/'> According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, her trial was held in Branch 101 of the Criminal Court-Two City of Chardavol in Ilam Province on the charge of "publishing falsehoods with the intention of disturbing the public mind by sharing misleading and untrue content in cyberspace." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58261'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/5bd4ypb4'> She was sentenced to six months and one day in prison by Branch 101 of the Criminal Court of Chardavol for the charge of publishing lies with the intention of disturbing the public mind. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, the court has changed the issued sentence to a three-year suspension (observation) and on this basis, Fereshteh Mansouri is prohibited from any activity in cyberspace and comments on social issues through blocking or disabling all mobile phone lines used for social networks and confiscation of her virtual pages. She was also ordered to attend medical and psychological centers and submit her health certificate to the sentence enforcement unit of Chardavol at the end of the course. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>