A trial punishable by death as a participant in the "Revolution Street Girls" movement
Turkey and Iran are manipulating the fate of activist Maryam Shariatmadari
Maryam Shariatmadari is an activist in civil society organizations.
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Iranian feminist activist Maryam Shariatmadari, fleeing Iran to Turkey, lives in a state of anxiety after Ankara arrested her and then released her, while her lawyers expressed their fear of her re-arrest and deportation to Iran, where she faces a trial that may end in death, according to the Independent and the Daily Mail, individual and international newspapers.
Shariatmadari, a former student at Amir Kabir University, was arrested in Iran, after her participation in the “Revolution Street Girls” movement to confront the imposition of forced veil at the university. After her release, the security authorities tightened the screws on her, and she was subjected to attacks from unknown persons, as well. Job opportunities were closed to her, forcing her to flee to Turkey and seek asylum.
At the beginning of last week, Shariatmadari was arrested in Turkey, and she and her lawyer launched international calls to intervene to prevent her extradition to Iran, so the Turkish authorities released her and granted her asylum, but lawyers and activists said that the re-arrest and the risk of deportation still exist.
There were conflicting reports about the reasons for her recent arrest in Turkey, but the security authorities in Ankara attributed this to bureaucratic reasons related to residency laws.
"The Turkish government may try to hand it over to the Iranian authorities, but we will resist this," said lawyer Gokhan Yuskorth.
For his part, lawyer Musa Barzin said in an interview with Radio Fardi, last Tuesday, that “Shariatmadari's file has not been closed, as she is still subject to deportation to Iran, and she is already applying for asylum. (Corona) ».
Reza Pahlavi, son of the former Shah of Iran and the last crown prince of Iran, said that "Maryam Shariatmadari's life is in danger and should not be handed over to her persecutors."
Turkey was a safe stronghold for thousands of fugitives from Iran for political reasons, but the strengthened relations between Ankara and Tehran made the fate of these fugitives in danger, especially after Turkey in 2017 handed over political activists Muhammad Rajabi and Syed Tamjedi to Tehran, where she is now being tried according to her sentence charges. The extreme is death.
• Shariatmadari, a former student at Amir Kabir University, was arrested in Iran, after her participation in a demonstration within the “Revolution Street Girls” movement to confront the imposition of the veil by force at the university.
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