On Wednesday, February 14, 2024, a session was held at Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Iran to address the charges against Marzieh Farsi and Forough Taghipour in their absence.
These two political prisoners did not recognize the legitimacy of this court and refused to attend the session. The court, presided over by Iman Afshari, proceeded with the proceedings, and the verdict was delivered to the lawyers representing these prisoners. Marzieh Farsi and Forough Taghipour were each sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment.
These two political prisoners were accused of (Bagh-y) on December 11, 2023, due to their alleged collaboration with anti-government groups.
According to reports received by Iran Human Rights Monitor (Iran Rm), Frough Taghipour, 29 years old, and Marzieh Farsi, 58 years old, have a history of previous arrests and imprisonment on charges of supporting and having connections with the Mujahedin. Their latest arrest dates back to six months ago when they were detained on August 21 ,2023.
Forough Taghipour is a citizen of Tehran, born in 1994, and holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting. She is the daughter of Rahim Taghipour, who was one of the prisoners in the 1980s. On February 24 ,2020, she was arrested along with her mother and sentenced to five years in prison. She was imprisoned in the women’s ward of Evin Prison until Bahman month of February 2023 when she was released. However, she was arrested again on August 21, 2023.
Marzieh Farsi, born in 1965, is married and has two children. Ms. Farsi was arrested in February 2020 on charges of collaborating with the Mujahedin. At that time, she was also diagnosed with cancer and was undergoing cancer treatment when she was summoned to prison. After spending nearly 4 years in prison, she was released from the women’s ward of Evin Prison in February 2023. Marzieh Farsi is considered a member of the families of the victims of the 1980s and her brother, Hassan Farsi, was executed in the summer of 1988.
