Pegah Sadat Fakhraei was sentenced to prison for filming girls and helping the injured.
According to the Campaign for the Defense of Political and Civil Prisoners, Pegah Sadat
Fakhraei was sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment, 2 years of exile from Tehran, 2
years of ban on leaving country, free forced labor at Niayesh Hospital in her first court
preside by Judge Afshar. Court also ruled to confiscated her father's personal car and
mobile phone in favor of the government. She also is banned from driving for two years.
The appeals court also acted without regard to legal principles and confirmed the
verdict.
33-year-old Fakhraei was abducted near her home in Tehran, and being beaten by
plainclothes forces and was handed over to Shapur Agahi Office on October 14 th , 2022.
After passing the technical interrogation, she was taken to the Evin Prosecutor's Office
and then to Qarchak Penitentiary under numerous physical and mental pressures.
During her detention (49 days), she was sent from Qarchak prison to Naja several times
for interrogation and spent 15 days in Evin prison.
Fakhraei was not allowed access to the selected lawyer at any stage and is still
unaware of the case documents.
The most prominent reason for her accusation was filming the scene where the girls
were released from the plainclothes forces’ van and helping the victims of the protests