Saba Kord Afshari

Saba Kord Afshari (Persian: صبا کردافشاری‎) is an Iranian human rights activist and political prisoner.

Arrest

She appeared without a head scarf, and talked about it on social media. She was arrested on 2 August 2018. In August 2018, she was sentenced to one year in prison on the charge of “disrupting the public order” at Branch 28 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court led by Judge Moghiseh. She was released on 14 February 2019 when Ali Khamenei pardoned a large number of prisoners.

On June 2, 2019, Ms. Kord Afshari was rearrested; her trial was held on August 19, 2018. On September 26, 2019, she was sentenced by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran, presided over by Judge Iman Afshari. Her sentences included 15 years of imprisonment on the charge of “promoting corruption and prostitution through appearing without a headscarf in public” 1 year and 6 months in prison on the charge of “propaganda against the state” and 7 years and 6 months in prison on the charge of ” assembly and collusion with an intent to commit a crime against the national security”, which adds up to a total of 24 years in prison. In December 2019, the Tehran Court of Appeals reduced her sentence to 9 years, 7.5 of which are imposable by law.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

In December 2020 she was transferred from Evin prison to Qarchak women’s prison.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Saba Kord Afshari was sentenced to extra 15 years of imprisonment despite being acquitted". HRANA. 2020-06-02. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  2. "Anti-Hijab Activist In Iran Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison". RFE/RL. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  3. Amanda Woods (2019-08-29). "Iranian civil rights activist gets prison for taking off hijab in public". New York Post. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  4. "Saba Kord Afshari Sentenced To 24 Years For Protesting Compulsory Hijab". Iran HRM. 2019-08-28. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  5. "How protesting the hijab put a 24-year sentence on Saba Kord Afshari". Global News. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  6. "IRAN: ACTIVIST SENTENCED TO 24 YEARS IN PRISON: SABA KORDAFSHARI". www.amnesty.org. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  7. "IRAN: Iran Transfers Ninth Female Dissident to Harsher Prison".
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