Iranian of the Day

CHRR: Mojgan Mohammadian, a civil activist, is serving her six-month prison term on charges of "assembly and collusion with the intent to disrupt national security." Following receiving telephone summons, Mojgan Mohammadian appeared at Evin Prison on May 23, 2012, and she was immediately transferred to the Women's Ward at Evin.

Security forces, including forces from the IRGC Intelligence Organization and the Security Police, stormed Mojgan Mohammadian's home on March 2, 2010, and after searching the premises and collecting her laptop computer, a satellite receiver unit, and her personal documents, they arrested and transferred her to an undisclosed location. After three days' detention and interrogations, she was transferred to Evin Prison and was released on bail a week later.

Her first trial session was on October 6, 2010 at Branch 28 of Tehran Revolutionary Court under Judge Moghisseh, and her husband, Shahin Shobeiri, was also arrested and transferred to Evin Prison at that court session. After the last court session, Judge Moghisseh sentenced Mojgan Mohammadian to two years in prison on charges of "assembly and collusion with the intent to disrupt national security," and sentenced her husband, Shahin Shobeiri to six months in prison. After she appealed the court ruling, her case was reviewed in Branch 54 of Tehran Revolutionary Court under Judge Movahed in June 2011, and her sentence was reduced to six months in prison and another 18 months' prison term, suspended for five years.