Farangis Mazloum
Age: 55
Activism/rights: Mother seeking justice for her son
Status: Released
Judicial status: 1 year and 6 months/general amnesty
Violations: Arbitrary arrest and detention, lack of due process, unfair trial, familial punishment, coercive pressure, prolonged solitary confinement, access to lawyer, denial of medical care, reprisal for seeking justice
Farangis Mazloum is a mother who became her son Soheil Arabi’s voice when he was arrested and sentenced to death in 2013. She has been routinely harassed for seeking justice for Soheil throughout the years. Farangis was arrested in July 2019 after releasing a video describing how her son had been beaten in prison and was denied medical care. She was transferred to Evin Prison where she was held until she was released on bail on 8 October 2019. On 6 June 2020, Branch 29 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced Farangis in absentia to six and a half years imprisonment for “assembly and collusion and propaganda against the system.” On appeal, the assembly and collusion charge was dropped and the 18 month sentence for propaganda against the system upheld.
Farangis was summoned multiple times despite being ruled unfit to serve her sentence. On 11 July 2022, her husband suffered a stroke. The next day, she suffered a stroke. Nevertheless, she was forced to surrender to Evin Prison on 2 August where she has been denied adequate medical treatment. Farangis survived the October 15 attack on Evin Prison during the nationwide protests. She was released on 7 February 2023 after being included in the general amnesty list.