News Center- Mona Bakhtiari, daughter of Mahid Shirpisheh announced on her Twitter account that her mother was beaten by several prisoners in the prison.

Expressing her concern for the safety of her mother, she wrote, “When I visited my mother, I learned that she was transferred to solitary confinement at her own request. Her body was full of bruises. My mother had been beaten by several prisoners while wardens were watching them. They did do anything to stop them. The prison officers claim that the cameras in prison were broken and that they have no footage showing that my mother was beaten.

 Nahid Shirpisheh is the mother of Pouya Bakhtiari who was shot and killed during the November 2019 uprising in Iran after petrol price hike. On July 11, 2022, Nahid Shirpisheh was arrested by Iranian security forces. On July 28, 2022, she was transferred to Kachooie Prison. In September 2022, she was sentenced to five years in prison.