Samane Asghari Transferred to Evin Prison to Serve Sentence

Samane Asghari has been arrested and transferred to Evin Prison to serve her sentence.

Samane Asghari is an industrial engineering student at Khorazmi University, a Tehran resident, and women’s and child labor rights activist, as well as a former member of the board of directors of the Association for Supporting Children’s Rights. She was arrested in September 2022 during nationwide protests at her home by six plainclothes officers and a female officer who introduced herself as a water department official. She initially spent 35 days in Ward 209 of Evin Prison and after multiple interrogations, was transferred to Qarchak Prison in Varamin on November 14, 2022.

Ms. Asghari was sentenced to 18 years and 3 months in prison in March 2023 by Judge Solevati, head of Branch 15 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court. However, following the issuance of a “pardon” circular in May 2023, she was released from Qarchak Prison in Varamin.

Samane Asghari was arrested again on September 14, 2023, by security officers at her home in Tehran and transferred to Ward 209 of Evin Prison. She was transferred to Qarchak Prison in Varamin again on October 30, 2023, and a few days later was temporarily released on a one billion toman bail until the completion of legal proceedings.

She was sentenced to one year in prison by Branch 29 of the Revolutionary Court in December 2023, and the verdict was upheld by Tehran Province’s Court of Appeals. According to released reports, she has now been transferred to Evin Prison to serve her sentence.

Ismail Nazari, Samane Asghari’s husband, published a statement regarding his wife’s transfer to prison, writing: “My wife’s one-year prison sentence begins on April 5, following referral to the Ray City Prosecutor’s Office and her transfer to Evin Prison.”

The charges against her, for which Judge Solevati condemned her, include “disrupting public order and peace,” “incitement or instigating people to war and killing each other,” “propaganda against the system,” “women appearing in public places and view without proper Islamic hijab,” “membership in a group or assembly with the purpose of undermining national security,” and “spreading falsehoods.” It should be noted that she has also been denied access to a lawyer.