Breathing in Confinement

In a new case against her, Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee sentenced in absentia to one year in prison

13-April-2021

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13-April-2021
Newsgroup: Prisoners –

Breathing in Confinement: In a new case opened against her in Qarchak prison in Varamin, Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee , a political prisoner in the women’s ward of Amol Prison, was sentenced in absentia to one year in prison as well as 2 years of ban from leaving the country and membership in political groups.

In February 2021, after 43 days under interrogation in the IRGC Intelligence Detention Center, Golrokh Iraee was deported to Amol Prison.

According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the hearing for the new case opened against Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, was held in absentia and without her knowledge in Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran. The political prisoner Golrokh Iraee is currently being held in Amol Prison, and the new case was opened against her while she was in Qarchak prison. The court sentenced Ms. Eriaei to one year in prison, as well as 2 years of ban from leaving the country and membership in political groups, on charge of propaganda against the regime.

It should be noted that during the whole process of the trial for her new case, Golrokh Iraee was denied the right to council. She even had no knowledge that the trial was in process. The prison officials however, claimed that she knowingly refused to attend the court.

Ms. Iraee’s last interrogation for the new case, which was to obtain her latest defense, was held on January 24, 2021 in Branch 2 of the Evin Prosecutor’s Office.

On December 13, 2020, after being beaten, Golrokh Iraee was transferred from Qarchak Prison to the IRGC Intelligence Detention Center known as Ward 2A of Evin Prison, where she underwent interrogation for 43 days. And then on Sunday, January 24, 2021, she was returned back to Qarchak prison in Varamin. However, a few minutes after arrival to Qarchak Prison, Ms. Iraee was deported to the women’s ward of Amol Prison, without being permitted to collect her personal belongings and clothes.