News Center- Iranian journalist Sadeeda Shafiei was sentenced to four years and three months in prison in July 2023 for participating in the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (Women, Life, Freedom) protests. She announced on her Instagram that her request for retrial has been rejected by the Supreme Court of Iran.

Saeeda Shafiei is a storyteller, an economics journalist and a graduate of “Agricultural Economics” from Allamah Tabatabai University in Tehran and “Energy Economics and Marketing of Hydrocarbon Resources” from Islamic Azad University in Tehran. She came in 3rd place in the Azad University graduate entrance exam. Saeeda Shafiei was detained and arrested by intelligence forces at her home in Tehran last year and transferred to Ward 2 A of Evin prison. She was temporarily released on bail the same year.

In July 2023, she was sentenced to four years and three months in prison on charges of “propaganda against the regime” and “association and collusion”. She has been banned from membership in political and social groups and from travelling abroad for two years.