Bodybuilding coach Mina Yaghoubi was sentenced to 11 years in prison, 85 lashes, and additional punishments.
Bodybuilding coach Mina Yaqhoubi released a video clip on February 15, 2023, and announced that according to the decree issued by the Revolutionary Court, she was sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment and two years of being banned from staying in the city of her residence. She was also sentenced by the criminal court to 3 years in prison, enduring 85 lashes and 124 hours of washing graves.
Bodybuilding coach Mina Yaghoubi said in this videoclip that the reason for her three-month silence was that her lawyer had objected to the court ruling, and they hoped to cut down on the punishment.
Mina Yaghoubi, 33, was reportedly arrested during protests in Arak on November 1 for throwing stones at a cemetery. She has a 12-year-old daughter and is a bodybuilding coach. Security forces kidnapped her outside the bodybuilding club where she worked. She was under interrogation for 12 hours during her detention.
Mina Yaghoubi was released on bail at 3 a.m. on December 1, 2022. Dark bruises around her eye showed that she had been viciously tortured while in detention. The bruise around her eye is said to be due to heavy blows to her head and forehead.
University graduates detained under undecided conditions
The security forces arrested Kobra Huti at her home and took her to an unknown place on February 8, 2023.
Kobra Huti, 22, is from Qasr-e Qand. She graduated in Industrial Engineering from the Mines Industrial University of Khash.
According to social media reports, Ms. Huti is accused of publishing posts on social media. There is no information about Ms. Huti’s whereabouts so far.
There is also no information about the conditions of another two graduate students.
Jairan Nik Peyman Motlaq was arrested in Tehran on September 29, 2022, during the nationwide uprising. She was a Ph.D. student of animal physiology at Damghan University. She was also a writer and women’s rights and animal rights activist. Ms. Nik Peyman was taken to the Intelligence Ministry Ward 209 of Evin Prison, and after two weeks, she was transferred to Qarchak Prison.
The security forces arrested Parisa Parvaneh in Hashemiyeh Blvd., Mashhad, on November 15, 2022. They threatened Parvaneh’s family not to publicize the news of Parisa’s arrest so that she would be released, but there is no news of her release.
Parisa Parvaneh, 19, a member of the Iranian Astronomy Association, volunteered to help publish astronomy magazines and conduct online astronomy classes for young people. This year, she was preparing to participate in the Olympiad.