Five Women Sentenced to Over Twenty Years in Prison Combined for Political Charges

According to Hyrkani, Nina Golestani, Rozita Rajayi, Anahita Hejazi, Negin Edalatkhah, and Anahita Doostdar have each been sentenced to four years, one month, and seventeen days in prison by the Rasht Revolutionary Court.

The charges against them include “assembly and collusion to commit a crime” and “propaganda against the regime.”

Anahita Hejazi, an animal rights activist from Rasht, Rozita Rajayi, Nina Golestani, a writer, Negin Edalatkhah, and Anahita Doostdar were arrested by security forces in Rasht on November 11 of 2023. They were released on bail from Lakan Prison in Rasht after a period of detention.