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Branch 2 of the Rasht Criminal Court has sentenced Iranian activist and former political prisoner Hamideh Zarei to one year and six months in prison and 178 lashes.
The sentence includes nine months of imprisonment and 74 lashes for “disrupting public order,” nine months for “resisting law enforcement officers,” 74 lashes for “insulting an officer on duty,” and 30 lashes for “causing non-visible injuries.”
Zarei was arrested on February 3 after appearing at the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in Rasht as part of her forced residency sentence.
She was detained for not wearing the mandatory hijab, which led to new charges. She spent 29 days in detention at Rasht Central Prisonbefore being released on bail on March 3, according to a report from the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights.
During her detention, Zarei was reportedly physically assaulted by two officers from the Rasht Prosecutor’s Office Protection Unit, resulting in wrist injuries.
Zarei had previously been arrested on June 5, 2024, after being summoned to Rasht Court.
In November 2023, she was sentenced to one year in prison for “propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran,” later reduced to nine months.
