The news organization of human rights activists in Iran reported that Shakila Monfared and Saeedeh Ghorbanali, political prisoners held in Evin Prison, have been denied in-person visits. According to the news agency HRANA, Shakila Monfared has faced restrictions regarding contact and visits with her family and lawyer. She has been deprived of telephone contact with her family and lawyer for about 20 days. HRANA reported that this political prisoner has also been banned from in-person visits for five weeks. This constitutional monarchist prisoner has been continuously imprisoned since Bahman 1399 (February 2021) and has faced multiple fabricated charges during her incarceration. Additionally, Saeedeh Ghorbanali was arrested by the Islamic Republic's security forces in early 1398 (2019) in Shahriar and was tried along with nine others in a joint case at Branch 15 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran. In Azar 1398 (December 2019), she was sentenced to three years in prison on charges including conspiracy against national security, propaganda against the regime, and insulting the founder of the Islamic Republic and the leadership. According to this report, Ms. Ghorbanali was detained to serve her two-year prison sentence and was transferred to the women's ward of Evin Prison on 17 Shahrivar (September 8, 2023). She has been denied in-person visits with her family for some time now by the order of the prison warden.
Shakila Monfared and Saeedeh Ghorbanali Denied In-Person Visits at Evin Prison
Shakila Monfared and Saeedeh Ghorbanali, political prisoners in Evin Prison, have been denied in-person visits and telephone contact with their families and lawyers. This situation highlights ongoing human rights abuses against political prisoners in Iran, particularly those involved in dissent.
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📰 What Happened
Shakila Monfared and Saeedeh Ghorbanali denied in-person visits at Evin Prison.
- Evin Prison authorities deny Shakila Monfared, Saeedeh Ghorbanali
- Evin Prison authorities deprive Shakila Monfared
- Islamic Republic's security forces arrest Saeedeh Ghorbanali
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The denial of visits to political prisoners underscores the regime's oppressive tactics.
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