Nasrin Javadi started serving her five year prison sentence despite deterioration of health
On 6 May 2020, the appeal court upheld the sentence of Nasrin Javadi of five years of discretionary imprisonment for “assembly and collusion against national security”.
Nasrin (Azam Khezri) Javadi is an Iranian labour rights defender, member of the Free Union of Iranian Workers (FUIW), founding member of the Social Security’s Retired Workers Council and a former employee of the Medical Distribution Company. She first began working with FUIW during the 40,000 signature campaign to increase the minimum wage in Iran.
On 1 July 2022, woman human rights defender Nasrin Javadi was summoned to Evin prison to start serving a five year sentence on the basis of the trumped up charge of “assembly and collusion against national security” issued by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court in April 2020.
The summoning of the woman human rights defender took place on 1 July 2022, after it was delayed as a result of her application for a time waiver on medical grounds given the deteriorating health condition of the sixty four year old defender. She had been previously summoned to start serving her sentence in June 2020.
The Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Labour Court had sentenced the woman human rights defender to five years for “assembly and collusion against national security”, one year for “propaganda against the state”, one year and 74 lashes, as well as a two year ban on the use of smartphones and activities in political and social parties and groups, on charges of “disrupting public order". Under Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, the sentence of five years in prison is the most severe available.
Nasrin Javadi was arrested by the Iranian regime’s security forces during the international Labour Day march in May 2019 in Tehran. She was released after 29 days of imprisonment on 30 May 2019 on bail. On 6 August 2019, the Revolutionary Court in Tehran held a trial and sentenced her to seven years in prison and 74 lashes. This sentence included five years for “assembly and collusion against national security”, one year for “propaganda against the state”, one year and 74 lashes, as well as a two year ban on the use of smartphones and activities in political and social parties and groups, on charges of “disrupting public order". After Narsin Javadi appealed her sentence, the appeal court upheld the sentence of five years of discretionary imprisonment for “assembly and collusion against national security” on 6 May 2020. She was acquitted on the charges of “propaganda against the state” and “disrupting public order”.
