Human Rights Activist Prisoner Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee Expelled to Amol Prison
Published by Ali on January 27, 2021
International Liberty Association: Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee have banished to Amol Prison, in northern Iran, by the Iranian prison authorities.
This happened only hours after she had been returned to Qarchak Prison in Varamin, on Sunday, 24 January, after 43 days of intense interrogation by the IRGC Intelligence at Ward 2A of Evin Prison.
Amol city is badly hit by the Coronavirus pandemic. This is one of the cities of Mazandaran Province in northern Iran.
It should be mentioned that, No news was available on the conditions of this human rights activist, Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, throughout the period she was being interrogated by the IRGC Intelligence at Ward 2A of Evin Prison.
A source close to her family said: “Her family were extremely worried about her health and about fabrication of new charges against her by the IRGC Intelligence”.
It was reported previously that, Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee and other women prisoners in Ward 8 of Qarchak Prison were violently attacked on 13 December 2020. Golrokh was taken by the hair and dragged on the floor out of the ward. Prison guards said she was going to be sent to Evin Prison to undergo interrogations.
It worth mentioning Golrokh Iraee was arrested at home on 24 October 2016, without receiving a written summon. She was sentenced to one year in prison for “propaganda against the state” and five years for “insulting the sanctities” through writing an unpublished story against stoning.
After finishing serving her sentence which included an 81-day hunger strike, Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee was released from prison on 8 April 2019.
While in detention, she faced a new case filed against her by the IRGC Intelligence.
Shortly after her release, Ms. Iraee was rearrested and taken to Qarchak Prison to serve a prison sentence of 3 years and 7 months.
ILA: Mrs. Iraee’s husband is human rights activist Arash Sadeqi. He suffers from bone cancer and is presently detained in Rajaishahr Prison in Karaj. He is serving a 19-year prison term without receiving proper medical treatment.
