Narges Mohammadi sentenced to imprisonment, flogging, and a ban on telecommunications

Civil activist Narges Mohammadi has been sentenced to 8 years in prison and 70 lashes after two months of interrogation and imprisonment in solitary confinement at the Ministry of Intelligence's detention center.

Taghi Rahmani, a political activist based in Paris and wife of Ms. Mohammadi, announced the news in a tweet on Sunday, February 25, saying that the civil activist was sentenced to two years of "ban on telecommunications" in a five-minute trial, in addition to prison sentences and flogging.

Mr. Rahmani, while calling this deprivation "ambiguous," said that because Ms. Mohammadi has not had contact with her family, the details of this trial and the new ruling are unclear.

In a case opened against this civil activist in recent months, charges such as "propaganda against the regime," "sit-in at the prison office," "rebellion against the prison administration and officials," "destruction of windows," and "slander" were raised in connection with the accusation of torture and assault. For these charges, he was sentenced to "80 lashes, 30 months of penal servitude, and two counts of financial payment."

Narges Mohammadi was arrested on November 15 during a raid by security forces on a mourning ceremony at the tomb of Ebrahim Kebatdar, one of the people killed in November 2019.

On January 27, Taghi Rahmani announced on his Twitter page that his wife's continued detention and uncertainty in one of the solitary cells of Ward 209 of Evin Prison, and that new charges, including "spying for Saudi Arabia," had been filed against Narges Mohammadi.

A day later, on January 28, security forces "searched and inspected" Ms. Mohammadi's home and confiscated some of her personal belongings, including her book "White Torture."

Zia Nabavi, a civil activist and former political prisoner, announced in a tweet on January 19 that Ms. Mohammadi had been transferred to "Hall Number Eight" of Qarchak Prison in Varamin.

Previously, Nasrin Sotoudeh, the prisoner's lawyer, had called the conditions of Qarchak Prison "substandard and inhumane" in a letter to the head of the Prisons Organization and asked the authorities to "build a prison worthy of Iranian women in a suitable area."

Source: Radio Farda