Saba Kord Afshari's 15-year prison sentence halved for walking without a hijab

By a ruling from the Tehran Provincial Court of Appeal, the sentence of Saba Kord Afshari, an activist of the "White Wednesdays" campaign, has been halved, from 15 years to 7 and a half years.

Surakard Afshari, the prisoner's sister, announced the news on Twitter on Tuesday, March 9.

Saba Kord Afshari, an opponent of compulsory hijab, was previously sentenced to 24 years in prison by the Tehran Inflab Court, of which 15 years in prison was the maximum sentence that could have been imposed on her.

The HRANA news agency also published this news, writing that according to the ruling of Branch 36 of the Tehran Provincial Court of Appeal, by correcting "the judicial violation committed in the trial that caused his enforceable sentence to increase by two and a half times to 15 years in prison, and also by applying the law on reducing punishment, 7 years and 6 months in prison will be applicable to him."

Saba Kord Afshari, born in 1998, was one of the activists of the "White Wednesdays" campaign who was arrested in Tehran in June 2019.

After some time, Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced this civil activist to 15 years in prison on charges of "encouraging corruption and prostitution," seven and a half years in prison on charges of "gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against national security," and one and a half years in prison on charges of "propaganda against the system."

On December 9, she was deported from the women's ward of Evin Prison to Qarchak Prison in Varamin, and is currently serving her sentence in Ward 6 of Qarchak Prison in Varamin, without observing the principle of separation of crimes.

Raheleh Ahmadi, Saba Kord Afshari's mother, who supported her daughter's activities, has also been sentenced to 31 months in prison.

Ms. Ahmadi was arrested in February 2019 and transferred to Evin Prison to serve her sentence.

Source: Radio Farda