News Center- Children’s rights activist Zohreh Sayadi, who has been held in Evin prison, has not been released from prison despite her serious health problems. Children’s rights activists in Iran have released an open letter signed by about 50 activists demanding the immediate and unconditional release of Zohreh Sayadi. “Children’s rights activist Zohreh Sayadi has been held in prison for more than two months. She has been suffering from cancer; however, she has been only allowed to leave the prison for chemotherapy treatments,” the letter said.

‘We demand the unconditional release of Zohreh Sayadi

Underlining that Zohreh Sayadi cannot spend even a more day in prison due to her illness, the letter said, “We are a group of children’s rights activists who have witnessed how Zohreh Sayadi made efforts to ensure children’s rights, particularly children without birth certificates and forgotten children of Sistan and Baluchestan. We demand the immediate and unconditional release of our comrade Zohreh Sayadi.”

In December 2018, Zohreh Sayadi was arrested in a raid on her home in the Andisheh of Tehran by the Iranian government forces and transferred to Evin prison. Then, she was temporarily released from prison on bail. She was sentenced to one year in prison by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran in 2019 on the charge of “propaganda activity against the system”. In May 2023, her sentence was upheld by the Court of Appeal of Tehran. She was rearrested and transferred to Evin prison.