Mona Bakhtiari Claims Nahid Shirpicheh Has Been Beaten in Prison

Mona Bakhtiari, sister of Pouya Bakhtiari, wrote on Twitter: "This time when I visited my mother, I realized that she had requested to be transferred to solitary confinement only three weeks after being in the general ward." Mona Bakhtiari wrote that her mother, in poor physical and mental condition and with bruises on her body, stated that "she was beaten by autonomous or hired prisoners, and the guards did not intervene, and the cameras are always broken in such situations." Ms. Bakhtiari continued: "The life of my mother Nahid Shirpicheh and my father Manouchehr Bakhtiari is in danger! Who is responsible for their safety?" Nahid Shirpicheh, mother of Pouya Bakhtiari, who lost his life during the November 2019 protests, has been denied the right to make phone calls and meet with her family. Ms. Shirpicheh, who has been in Zanjan prison for some time due to her prison sentence, has been denied the ability to make phone calls and meet with her family due to her protests against the authorities. Earlier, HRANA reported, citing Ms. Shirpicheh's relatives, that she has been banned from making calls since July of last year and has also not had the opportunity to meet with her family in recent weeks. The mother of Pouya Bakhtiari was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of conspiracy against the regime and propaganda against the Islamic Republic. She was arrested last summer to serve her sentence and transferred to Kachouyi Prison in Karaj. Shortly after, she was moved from Karaj prison to Zanjan prison. Nahid Shirpicheh is an active member of the Mothers of the November Victims group and has repeatedly protested against the Islamic Republic. Mona Bakhtiari: "My brother is buried, and my father and mother are in prison, and you claim to provide security for us." Pressure on Nahid Shirpicheh, mother of Pouya Bakhtiari, in Zanjan prison: cut off phone calls and visits. Reactions to the killing of Pouya Molaei Rad; Prince Reza Pahlavi: This "pure evil" will fall with the will of the Iranian people. Summoning the sister of the bereaved Pouya Bakhtiari to the Zanjan Revolutionary Court. Preventing Mona Bakhtiari from visiting her mother Nahid Shirpicheh due to being "Bakhtiari."