Signatories of Letter Demanding Supreme Leader’s Resignation; Shahla Jahanbin and Shahla Entesari Summoned to Serve Prison Sentences

Shahla Jahanbin and Shahla Entesari, two civil activists and signatories of a letter demanding the resignation of Ayatollah Khamenei, have been summoned to the Evin Prosecutor’s Office Enforcement Unit to serve their 27-month prison sentences.

According to Hrana news agency, the news organ of the Iranian Human Rights Activists Network, on Wednesday, October 14, 2020, Shahla Jahanbin and Shahla Entesari, two civil activists, were summoned via telephone to the Evin Prosecutor’s Office Enforcement Unit to serve their prison sentences.

In mid-August 2019, a letter signed by 14 civil activists calling for the resignation of Ayatollah Khamenei was published. Following the publication of this letter, several signatories were arrested and some faced pressure. Subsequently, another letter with similar content titled “14 Female Civil Activists” was published. Shahla Jahanbin and Shahla Entesari are two of the signatories of the statement of 14 female civil activists calling for the resignation of Ayatollah Khamenei.

Shahla Jahanbin and Shahla Entesari were arrested in late August of the previous year in connection with this matter. Shahla Jahanbin on November 13, 2019, and Shahla Entesari on November 10, 2019, each deposited a bail of 500 million rials and were temporarily released from Evin Prison pending the completion of legal proceedings.

These two civil activists, along with Giti Poorfazel and Zahra Jamali, who are currently serving their sentences in Evin Prison, were ultimately tried by the Tehran Revolutionary Court and each were sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment on charges of conspiracy, collusion, and propaganda against the system. The sentences were reduced to 44 months for each of these citizens due to factors including motherhood and absence of a criminal record. This verdict was reduced to 33 months imprisonment for each upon acceptance of the judgment without appeal, and in accordance with Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, 27 months of imprisonment for each is enforceable.

Abbas Vahediyan Shahrudi, writer, teacher, civil activist and husband of Ms. Jahanbin, is one of the signatories of the statement of 14 female civil activists calling for the resignation of Ayatollah Khamenei, who was temporarily released from Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad on July 20, 2020, upon posting bail.

Source: Hrana