Nazanin Salari

Mahmoud Taravatrooy, Masoud Ahmadian, and Nazanin Salari, lawyers of the judiciary, will be tried by the judge of the first branch of the Revolutionary Court and the branch of the Criminal Court 2 in Shiraz, the capital of Fars province, for a legal case in two sections.

In an interview with a Human Rights reporter in Iran, an informed person said: "In the coming days, Mr. Mahmoud Taravatrooy, Masoud Ahmadian, and Ms. Nazanin Salari, three of the judiciary lawyers, will be tried by Judge Mahmoud Sadati in the first branch of the Revolutionary Court of Shiraz for charges of (collaboration with hostile governments), (assembly and collusion against national security) and (propaganda activities against the system) and in another part of the same case, they will be tried by the judge of the Criminal Court 2 in Shiraz."

The informed person continued: "This summons is related to a case that was formed in 1399 with charges of (assembly and collusion against national security), (propaganda activities against the system) and (collaboration with hostile governments) against Masoud Ahmadian, Nazanin Salari, and Mahmoud Taravatrooy. However, the important point is the legal issues that had led this case to be returned to the prosecutor's office in 1401 due to deficiencies in judicial investigations, and those same issues remain in the indictment and have not changed."

The informed source further explained the reason for the formation of this case against the three lawyers: "Interviewing with foreign media, holding and participating in workshops and foreign conferences on the subject of children and women, trying to change laws in the field of children and women through contact with officials and decision-making and legislative centers (including the Vice Presidency for Women and Family Affairs and parliamentary representatives), providing free counseling to women at risk and violence, representing some ideological and political cases, raising awareness about violence against women and 16 days of activism were among the reasons."

It should be noted that Mahmoud Taravatrooy, Masoud Ahmadian, and Nazanin Salari were summoned to the Supervision and Follow-up Department of the Ministry of Intelligence in that city by the interrogator of Branch 10 of the General and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office of Shiraz in November 1399, and this summons lasted for 45 days and during this period, each of these lawyers underwent 12 stages of long-term interrogations, but no charges were leveled against them. However, after the interrogations, their case was sent to the prosecutor's office, and in the summer of 1400, these three judiciary lawyers were summoned, charged, and finally each was released on bail of 1 billion tomans by the interrogator of Branch 10 of the General and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office of Shiraz.

Also, on May 8, 1401, the defendants in this case were summoned to the court by the prosecutor of Shiraz in Branch 10 of the city's prosecutor's office for charges of (propaganda against the system), (assembly and collusion to commit a crime against national security), and (connection and collaboration with hostile governments).

Nazanin Salari and Mahmoud Taravatrooy, along with Bahar Sahraeian, were arrested by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence in the city of Shiraz on November 1, 1401, and were released after a while.

According to the ruling issued by Branch 1 of the Shiraz Revolutionary Court, she was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment on the charge of assembly and collusion with the intent to commit crimes against national security, and one year for propaganda against the state.
Under the application of the law on aggregation of sentences (Article 134), only the most severe punishment—two years of discretionary imprisonment—will be enforceable. According to Emtedad, the court also acquitted her of the charge of cooperation with a hostile state.
In addition, alongside the prison sentence, she has been sentenced to a supplementary punishment of a two-year ban on leaving the country, along with the revocation of her passport.
It is also worth noting that, in addition to this case, this lawyer is facing parallel proceedings in Branch 112 of the Shiraz Criminal Court Two on other allegations, including encouraging corruption and prostitution and appearing in public places without the mandatory hijab. Legal action against her is still ongoing.