Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee
Is case active: Yes
Country:Iran
Region:Middle East and North Africa
Gender:Female
Status:Imprisoned
Human rights activist Iraee was first sentenced to 6 years in prison in 2014 on charges related to an unpublished short story criticizing the practice of stoning. Released in April 2019, she was charged for her advocacy from prison and re-arrested in November. She was released in May 2022 only to be rearrested in September following her support of the Mahsa Amini protests. In April 2023, she was sentenced to 7 years, and was jailed in Evin Prison. In June 2025, she was transferred to Qarchak Prison after the Israeli strike on Evin.