Hamideh (Shimin) Zeraei, a former political prisoner and one of the detainees of the 2022 nationwide protests, was sentenced on Monday, March 17, to one year and six months in prison and 178 lashes. She is currently serving her exile sentence in Rasht and was convicted by Branch 104 of the Rasht Criminal Court 2, presided over by Judge Shadpour. She received nine months in prison and 74 lashes for disrupting public order, nine months in prison for resisting law enforcement officers, 74 lashes for insulting an officer on duty, and 30 lashes for causing minor bodily harm. Out of this sentence, nine months in prison and 74 lashes are enforceable.
This ruling was issued after she refused to comply with the mandatory hijab during her court hearing. She was subsequently arrested on February 3, 2025, in connection with this case and was released about a month later from Lakan Prison on bail. After her release, she stated that her arrest was based on a false charge of disrupting public order and disobeying judicial orders and that she was harassed by security forces at the Rasht Prosecutor’s Office before being detained. She also reported being beaten while in custody at Lakan Prison.
She was originally arrested in relation to the "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests and was released on February 7, 2023, following the issuance of a general amnesty order. However, she was re-arrested on May 29, 2023, at her home and transferred to Kachouii Prison. Branch 1 of the Karaj Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Asaf Hosseini, sentenced her to one year in prison, two years of exile in Rasht, a two-year travel ban, and a two-year internet ban. Her sentence was ultimately reduced to nine months after she accepted the verdict, which she completed on February 22, 2024.
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This ruling was issued after she refused to comply with the mandatory hijab during her court hearing. She was subsequently arrested on February 3, 2025, in connection with this case and was released about a month later from Lakan Prison on bail. After her release, she stated that her arrest was based on a false charge of disrupting public order and disobeying judicial orders and that she was harassed by security forces at the Rasht Prosecutor’s Office before being detained. She also reported being beaten while in custody at Lakan Prison.
She was originally arrested in relation to the "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests and was released on February 7, 2023, following the issuance of a general amnesty order. However, she was re-arrested on May 29, 2023, at her home and transferred to Kachouii Prison. Branch 1 of the Karaj Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Asaf Hosseini, sentenced her to one year in prison, two years of exile in Rasht, a two-year travel ban, and a two-year internet ban. Her sentence was ultimately reduced to nine months after she accepted the verdict, which she completed on February 22, 2024.
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