Mina Soltani is the mother of Shahriar Mohammadi, a protester killed during the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom uprising in 2022 in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province.
The Mohammadi family has been summoned and arrested by the security services several times over the past two years.
Arrest
Soltani was arrested by security forces at her home in Bukan on the evening of 11 September.
Defendant’s Rights
She was arrested without a warrant and was denied family visits and access to legal representation during her detention.
A day after her arrest, she said in a brief telephone conversation that she had been transferred to the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province.
She was held in the detention facility for two weeks and then transferred to Orumiyeh Central Prison.
Current Status
Soltani was released from Orumiyeh Central Prison on 1 October 2024 on bail of eight billion rials (nearly 16,000 USD).
Notes:
1. Shahriyar Mohammadi, was shot and wounded by security forces during anti-government protests in Bukan on 18 November 2022, and later died in hospital due to his injuries.
2. Women, Life, Freedom Uprising: Jina Amini (Mahsa Amini), a 21-year-old Kurdish woman from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, was arrested on a street in Tehran on 13 September 2022 by the morality police because of the way she was dressed. Shortly after her arrest, she was transferred to Kasra Hospital in Tehran with head injuries and symptoms of brain death, and passed away three days later on 16 September 2022. The government’s killing of Jina sparked unprecedented anti-government protests, which began with a large turnout at her funeral at Aichi Cemetery in Saqqez and quickly spread to many cities across Iran. These widespread protests against the Islamic Republic of Iran, which lasted for several months, resulted in at least 527 protesters being killed and thousands injured and arrested. The protests are known for their central slogan of “Women, Life, Freedom” (Kurdish: Jin, Jiyan, Azadi).
