Noushin Jafari

According to people close to Mr. Jafari, she was charged for being the admin of the “Yar-e Dabestani” Twitter account. Yare Dabestani is a popular dissident account.

Based on IPA research, Noushin Jafari was part of the “work without harassment” campaign. The goal of the campaign was to hold workshops to teach methods to prevent, fight, or resist sexual harassment and violence in the workplace. <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='26227'> Was arrested for about a month during the Green movement protests </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26208'> She was arrested </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26219'> Some Twitter accounts close to the Iranian government claimed that Noushin Jafari is an admin for Yare Dabestani, a well-known Twitter account in Persian which is critical of the government. Nooshin’s sister, Shahrzad Jafari, reacted to this by telling the following to Ensaf News: “She only has one page on Twitter which carries her real name and if you search for ‘Noushin Jafari’ you can see it. The other claims are lies.” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26209'> Gholamhossein Esmaeili, Judiciary’s spokesperson, answered a question about the arrest of Noushin Jafari: “An individual was prosecuted due to the insults to Imam Hossein and the process of mourning and due to propaganda against the sacred regime of the Islamic Republic… In searching the places and technical equipment used by this individual, new evidence came to fore which are below the dignity of people and professionals in society.” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26220'> IranWire published an interview with someone who is introduced as account admin for Yare Dabestani. This report, which has been re-published in the evidence section of this website, gives reasons for why the account is not linked to Nooshin Jafari: Jafari was an activists for Hassan Rouhani’s presidential campaign, which is unlike the position of the account; Concurrent with arresting Jafari, security forces had attempted to close down the Yare Dabestni account to claim that it was run by Jafari; Jafari’s arrest is due to her relations with well-known people and information she has from them that can be used as tools of control and pressure; a claim that account admin for Yare Dabestani has been arrested due to her past in criticism of religion can lead to fear for other Twitter users; the tone of tweets has not changed after Ms Jafari was arrested; All tweets from the beginning to after Jafari’s arrest have been sent from the same iPad; If an account has more than one admin, when security forces get the information of one of the users, they should be able to control the account and the past shows that when they do so, they don't declare it publicly because they want to use it to trap other dissidents </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26210'> Her lawyer, Amir Rayisian, went to the security prosecutors but the interrogator said this was a “security” case and didn't let him represent Nooshin Jafari </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26211'> Amir Raisian told IRNA that his client has called her family for the first time and “seemed to be in good health”. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26232'> Based on tweets by Shiva Nazar-Ahari, Nooshin Jafari used her Twitter account to contact her from prison and ask for the password and email of the Yare Dabestani Twitter account from her. She also said that if Ms Nazar-Ahari, who lives abroad, refuses to collaborate, her family will be pressued in Iran. Ms Nazar-Ahari has published the voice file of this conversation. A version of these files are to be found in the evidence section of this website. The voice attributed to Ms Jafari is crying and says that she is enduring hard conditions </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26315'> A reporter asked Mr Esmayili, Judiciary’s spokesperson, about the voice file attributed to Noshin Jafari and he responded: “This voice file generally belongs to the type we have talked about before. Prisoners contact individuals and their relatives and we consider this to be a privilege of our prison system. Naturally, the person might make some false claims when making such contacts. Are such claims true? Our dealings are surely within the law. I am not talking about the content of this voice file and only stating a general point.” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26370'> Activists on Twitter used the hashtag “Save Noushin” (#نجات_نوشین) in support. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26451'> Her sister, Shahrzad Jafari, was arrested </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26414'> Civil rights activist Shiva Nazar Ahari tweeted a note announcing the arrest of Shahrzad Jafari and said the security forces had previously threatened here not to report the news about Noushin Jafari. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26415'> More than 200 Iranian artists published a letter expressing concern about Noushin Jafari's health. In a part of the letter, they emphasize the rule of law and say: “We, the cinema, theater, and art family, believe in the principle of innocence until proven guilty. Due to the method of her arrest, having to report about her charges through unofficial channels, and her lack of access to an attorney, we express our deep concern about the situation and health of our colleague, and demand her access to a legal and fair trial.” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26479'> Speaking from the floor of the parliament, Parvane Salahshoori protested the sentences meted out to women workers’ activsits. A day later, 16 MPs from the Hope Faction in parliament wrote to the head of the judiciary to protest the sentences meted out to Marzie Amiri, Atefe Rangriz, Neda Naji and Nooshin Jafari and these women had been shown </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26504'> Shahrzad Jafari was released from prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='27061'> She released on bail </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='34797'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Emtedadnews/status/1362029578575884291'> She was arrested at her private home and transferred to Qarchak Prison in Varamin to serve her sentence. Her attorney Amir Raisian reported that her arrest was without prior summon or notification. He added: “They say the reason for such a hasty enforcement of sentence is the fear of my client’s flight, even though she has been busy with her artwork in the past year and was working on projects that contradict the idea of leaving the country. I know she had no intention of leaving the country and hoped that the sentence would be reversed due to the clear evidence. She could have left the country during this time if she wanted to.” </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='34799'> <reference source='https://www.zeitoons.com/84935'> Zeytun reported that Ms. Jafari was previously sentenced to four years in prison for sacrilege, and one year in prison for propaganda against the state (Article 134: four years). The appeal court has confirmed the verdict. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='35249'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-29328/'> She went on furlough. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='35560'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-29648/'> Returned to prison </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40880'> <reference source='https://iranhr.net/fa/articles/5360/'> Iranian political prisoners in Qarchak Prison were transferred to the women’s ward of Evin Prison by the order of Heshmatollah Hayatolgheib, the chairman of the prisons organization of Tehran province. According to Human Rights in Iran Organization, the warden of Qarchak Prison went to ward 8 of this prison and told the prisoners to get ready quickly for a move. According to Iran Human Rights Organization, this would make the women’s ward even more crowded. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41555'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-36601/'> After a few months on furlough, her request for an extension was rejected and she went to prison to serve the rest of her sentence. HRANA reported that her request for a retrial was denied, and her parole request was rejected. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47220'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3xnGp34'> She 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>