In a recent development on September 30, 2023, Mahboobeh Bigdeli was apprehended following her presence at the Gachsaran courthouse in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province.

Bigdeli had been summoned to the courthouse to face charges related to “alleged dissemination of propaganda against the regime.”

A Gachsaran resident and a mother of two, Bigdeli had previously been arrested in connection with the nationwide protests of 2022. She was subsequently released under a “pardon and commutation” directive.