University of Tehran

Graduate Student, Social Science

About

This is a picture of Bahareh Hedayat. Bahareh Hedayat is a student activist at Tehran University’s School of Economics, an active member of The Office for Strengthening Unity -the country's most well-known student organization in Iran-, the women’s movement, and of the Campaign for One Million Signature to Change Discriminatory Laws Against Women. She was first arrested in women‘s gathering on June 12th. She was also arrested on July 9th 2007, July 13th 2008, March 21st, 2009, and finally on December 31st 2009. On that day, security forces raided her home at 10:00pm, her belongings were confiscated, and she was taken to solitary confinement at Evin Prison.
Bahareh has been charged with 16 counts by the prosecutor. The charges include propaganda against the regime, active participation in post election demonstrations, interviews with foreign media outlets, insulting the Supreme Leader, insulting the president, and gathering and colluding against the regime.
On February 23rd, 2010, Bahareh’s interrogation was finally ended. She was finally transferred from solitary confinement to the general ward at Evin on March 20th, 2010 and on May 5th, 2010 Hedayat’s trial finally took place and the 26th Branch of the Revolutionary Court sentenced her to 9 1/2 years in prison on May 19th, 2010. The next year, she was sentenced to another six months. Now, it's a whole decade.
Adapted from http://www.payvand.com/news/11/apr/1048.html