Courts of the Islamic Republic have handed long prison sentences to two women held in Dolatabad prison in Isfahan. According to Voice of America, citing the Iran Human Rights Society, psychotherapist Shohreh Mohammadi has been sentenced to 12 years in prison, and Farzaneh Kamkar, a teacher with more than 26 years of teaching experience, to two years in prison and a two-year dismissal from service. The news was published on Sunday, 4 October 2026.
According to the Iran Human Rights Society, Shohreh Mohammadi was arrested in March–April this year and charged with "collaboration with hostile states" and acting against national security. According to the report, these charges were based on several Instagram stories. IranWire reported that her initial sentence was 15 years and was later reduced to 12. According to IranWire, her family did not know where she was being held until about 20 days after her arrest, and she is being denied visits and proper medical care.
Three masks for protesters
Farzaneh Kamkar, a literature teacher, was arrested in May–June 2026. According to the Iran Human Rights Society, she was accused of handing three masks to protesters at the rallies of Thursday, 25 December 2025, to protect them against tear gas. IranWire reported that she is a mother of three and that her salary and insurance have been cut off on the orders of judicial officials.
A two-year prison sentence for a teacher who, according to human rights sources, merely gave three masks to protesters.
Young man with a disability arrested in Dehdasht
Meanwhile, human rights sources quoted by Voice of America reported that Reza Mostafaei, a 26-year-old with a physical and mobility disability, was arrested on Saturday, 3 October, in Dehdasht, in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province. According to these sources, he was transferred to prison because he was unable to post bail of 8 billion tomans. He has been charged with writing slogans and supporting the families of those killed in the December–January uprising.
These sentences are part of a new wave of judicial crackdown on participants in and supporters of the December–January uprising. On Sunday, news also emerged of the conviction of Marzieh Moradveisi, a dismissed teacher, and Sohrab Bahrami, a civil activist, by the Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj.
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