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Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners –<\/p>\n
Breathing in Confinement: On Friday, September 3, at the end of her leave period, Giti Pourfazel, a retired lawyer and political prisoner, returned to Evin Prison. She was previously sent on leave from Evin Prison on July 25 this year, following contracting Covid-19.<\/p>\n
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According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights Leaguein Iran, on Friday, September 3, 2021, Giti Pourfazel, a political prisoner and retired lawyer, returned to Evin Prison at the end of her leave.<\/p>\n
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Ms. Pourfazel was sent on leave on July 25 this year, following the outbreak of Coronavirus in the women’s ward of Evin Prison and contracting the disease. One of her relative said that although the prerequisites to grant her a parole was present, the prison authorities returned her back to prison.<\/p>\n
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Giti Pourfazel, one of the signatories of the letter calling for the resignation of Ali Khamenei, was arrested by security forces on August 19, 2019, and after more than a month of interrogation, was transferred to the women’s ward of Evin Prison. Ms. Pourfazel was finally released from Evin Prison on November 13, 2019, on 500 million Tomans bail, awaiting the trial.<\/p>\n
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She was tried by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran, presided over by Judge Iman Afshari, and sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison on charge of conspiracy to commit a crime against national security and 8 months imprisonment on charge of propaganda activity against the regime, as well as two years of ban on membership in political groups.<\/p>\n
According to Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, of her total sentence of 4 years and 2 months imprisonment, the most severe punishment, i.e., 3 years and 6 months in prison, would be enforceable on her. Given that Ms. Pourfazel did not appeal the verdict, the sentence was finally reduced to 2 years and 3 months in prison.<\/p>\n
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Ms. Pourfazel was arrested on September 6, 2020, after appearing in the Evin Courthouse, and to serve her sentence was transferred to Evin Prison.<\/p>\n
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