Zainab Kaazemi

On Monday, September 25, 2023, Zeinab Kazemi, born in 1985, a civil engineer residing in Tehran Province and a protester against mandatory hijab, was released from Qarchak Varamin Prison after posting bail. Zeinab Kazemi had been detained since September 18 of this year.

A source close to the defendant's family stated that Kazemi's release occurred after she was charged with "propaganda activities against the regime" and posted bail.

It is worth noting that on September 18, 2023, Zeinab Kazemi was arrested by security forces and, after being transferred to the prosecutor's office and charged, was taken to Qarchak Varamin Prison.

Recently, during a meeting of the Tehran Engineering Organization, after not being appointed to a position for which she had been a candidate, she removed her hijab and threw her headscarf onto the stage.

Following the circulation of a video clip on social media, a case was filed against Zeinab Kazemi by the deputy prosecutor of District 38 in Tehran. She was arrested under judicial orders, charged, and released on bail.

As the legal proceedings began, on September 8, 2023, Zeinab Kazemi was sentenced by the Tehran Criminal Court 2 to 74 lashes for "disturbing public modesty," but the implementation of the sentence was suspended for five years under Articles 46 and 54 of the Islamic Penal Code.

*Translated on 2026-03-14*