Rezvaneh Ahmadi-Khanbeigi
Age: 32
Activities/Rights: Human rights activist
Status: Released
Judicial status: Pardoned
Violations: Arbitrary arrest and detention, lack of due process, unfair trial, denial of medical care, prolonged solitary confinement
Rezvaneh Ahmad-Khanbeigi is a human rights activist who was first arrested in 2018. She was rearrested when 11 intelligence forces stormed her home on 18 November 2019 and transferred to the IRGC Intelligence’s Ward 2A of Evin Prison following her participation in the November 2019 nationwide protests where she was beaten. Rezvaneh’s trial was held on 1 February 2020 at Branch 24 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court and in the judgement issued the following day, she was sentenced to five years in prison for “assembly and collusion against national security” and a year in prison for “propaganda against the system” for her peaceful participation in the November 2019 protests and Instagram posts in support of political prisoners’ rights. On May 12, her husband, Behfar Lalezary announced on his Instagram page that Branch 36 of the Court of Appeals had upheld Rezvaneh’s six year sentence. Rezvaneh suffered from epileptic seizures in prison and was granted furlough in August 2020 and 25 June 2021 and subsequently released after being pardoned. However, she has been regularly summoned by the IRGC Intelligence Organisation.