Giti Pourfazel was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison to serve his sentence.
Giti Pourfazel, a retired lawyer and one of the signatories of the letter calling for Ayatollah Khamenei's resignation, was arrested today, Sunday, September 6, after appearing at the Evin Courthouse and transferred to the women's ward of Evin Prison to serve her 27-month sentence.
According to HRANA News Agency, the news agency of the Human Rights Activists in Iran, today, Sunday, September 6, 2020, Giti Pourfazel, a retired lawyer, was arrested after appearing at the Evin Prosecutor's Office and transferred to the women's quarantine ward of Evin Prison to serve her sentence.
In mid-August 2019, a letter signed by 14 civil activists calling for Ayatollah Khamenei’s resignation was published. With the publication of this letter, a number of signatories were arrested and some were pressured. Following this letter, another letter with similar content was published under the title “14 Female Civil Activists.” Giti Pourfazel is one of the signatories of the statement by 14 female civil activists calling for Ayatollah Khamenei’s resignation.
Giti Pourfazel was arrested by security forces on August 19, 2019 in this connection and after more than a month, she was transferred to the women's ward of Evin Prison upon completion of the interrogation process. Ms. Pourfazel was finally released from Evin Prison on November 12, 2019, after posting a bail of 500 million Tomans, temporarily until the end of the trial.
This civil activist was later tried by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Iman Afshari, and sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison on charges of gathering and collusion with the intention of committing a crime against national security, and to 8 months in prison on charges of propaganda against the system, for a total of 4 years and 2 months of penal servitude and 2 years of disqualification from membership in political groups and organizations. From this amount, based on Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, the most severe punishment, namely 3 years and 6 months of penal servitude, was applicable.
This sentence was reduced to 2 years and 3 months of imprisonment after no objection was filed.
Giti Pourfazel, a lawyer at a courthouse and a member of the Bar Association, received his law license in the last year before the Bahman 57 revolution. After the victory of the revolution, his law license was revoked in 1983 due to his criticism of the newly established legal structure in the new system. This revocation of the license continued until 1997, and in that year, after the Bar Association elections and the handling of his case, his law license was returned to him.
Ms. Pourfazel was previously arrested in November 2014 during a rally protesting acid attacks and then released.
HRANA previously reported on July 5th of this year, describing the situation in the women's ward of Evin Prison, introducing the prisoners residing in this ward, and providing a map of the different floors of this ward for a better understanding of this place.
Source: HRANA
