Prominent journalist and women’s rights activist Zhina Modares Gorji was re-arrested on 10 April in Sanandaj, north-western Iran.
The activist was taken to the women’s prison of the city’s Juvenile Detention Centre, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned.
This is the second time in recent months that Modares Gorji has been arrested.
In recent days, she was summoned several times by the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj in writing and by phone.
Previously, the Ministry of Intelligence forces beat and arrested Modares Gorji during the anti-government protests in the street in Sanandaj on 21 September 2022.
On 30 October 2022, she was released on a bail of 100 million Tomans – nearly 2,000 USD – after spending 40 days in the women’s ward of the Sanandaj Central Prison.
In March, the activist was arraigned by the Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj. The investigating judge increased her bail for temporary release to 1 billion Tomans – nearly 20,000 USD.
In this court session, Modares Gorji was accused of “acting against national security” by ” forming an illegal group and membership in it”.
She was previously accused of “propaganda against the state”.
