NEWS CENTER - 5 women prisoners in Evin Prison refused to give evidence to the prosecutor.
Human rights defender Nergiz Mohammadi, who is imprisoned in Iran, reported that the Prosecutor of Evin Prison wanted to take the statements of 5 political women prisoners and herself, but the women prisoners refused the prosecutor's request and did not testify. Nergiz Muhammadi made a statement on her virtual media account about the situation of herself and 4 other prisoners.
Nergiz Muhammadi stated that five women prisoners in Evin Prison, Werîşe Muradî, Pexşan Ezîzî, Nêrgiz Muhammadî, Mecbube Rezayî and Perîwş Muslimî, were supposed to give evidence to Ardebil Prosecutor, but all prisoners refused to it.
5 women political prisoners and human rights defender Nergiz Mohammadi reportedly refused to give evidence in order to protest the death sentence against the women prisoners.
On August 6, 2024, after the execution of a Kurdish prisoner named Reza Resayi, women prisoners in Evin Prison protested against the Iranian regime's execution of the Kurdish prisoner and the regime forces tortured the women prisoners who protested.