URGENT: A Matter of Life and Death

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Nov 16 2025, 5:03 PM

A women's rights activist in Iran, named Zahra Tabari, has been sentenced to death.

I'll admit to knowing very, very little about her situation. But I know that it is wrong.

This link has a form letter you can send to various officials to pressure them into action.

https://campaignclub.substack.com/p/urgent-a-matter-of-life-and-death

It's possible that this will not save her. But at the very least, it will show people that we care about her enough to try. And put Iran on blast.

spinningIntellect

Nov 16 2025, 5:03 PM #1

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Nov 17 2025, 8:43 AM

Thank you so much for posting this here. I've sent emails to the addresses listed in the post.

eyeswideopen

Nov 17 2025, 8:43 AM #2

Thank you so much for posting this here. I've sent emails to the addresses listed in the post.

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Nov 18 2025, 9:29 PM

Horrifying and heartbreaking. Additional info:

Quote:Zahra Shahbaz Tabari, a 67-year-old Iranian political prisoner, has been sentenced to death by Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court in Rasht — marking the first time a woman supporter of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) has received such a sentence.

Her “crime,” according to regime authorities, was possessing a small piece of fabric inscribed with the slogan “Woman, Resistance, Freedom” and an unpublished voice message. The trial, held online, lasted less than ten minutes, without a real defense. Her court-appointed lawyer offered no resistance, and the verdict was issued immediately. She now has only ten days to appeal while held in Lakan Prison in Rasht.

Source: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1908986/episodes/18152637-zahra-shahbaz-tabari-a-death-sentence-in-ten-minutes

Quote:Femena strongly condemns the death sentence handed down to Zahra Shahbaz Tabari, a 67-year-old Iranian political prisoner, on charges of alleged collaboration with groups opposing the Islamic Republic. The sentence was issued by a revolutionary court in Rasht following a deeply flawed and unjust legal process.

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The verdict was delivered last week by Judge Ahmad Darvish of Branch One of the Rasht Revolutionary Court after a brief video hearing lasting less than ten minutes. Her family has described the proceedings as a “sham” and “illegal.” Shahbaz Tabari was denied access to an independent lawyer, and the court-appointed attorney reportedly failed to defend her, instead endorsing the pre-determined verdict.

Source: https://femena.net/2025/11/11/iran-death-sentence-issued-against-67-year-old-political-prisoner-zahra-shahbaz-tabari/

Edited Nov 18 2025, 9:29 PM by Clover.

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Nov 18 2025, 9:29 PM #3

Horrifying and heartbreaking. Additional info:

Quote:Zahra Shahbaz Tabari, a 67-year-old Iranian political prisoner, has been sentenced to death by Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court in Rasht — marking the first time a woman supporter of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) has received such a sentence.

Her “crime,” according to regime authorities, was possessing a small piece of fabric inscribed with the slogan “Woman, Resistance, Freedom” and an unpublished voice message. The trial, held online, lasted less than ten minutes, without a real defense. Her court-appointed lawyer offered no resistance, and the verdict was issued immediately. She now has only ten days to appeal while held in Lakan Prison in Rasht.

Source: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1908986/episodes/18152637-zahra-shahbaz-tabari-a-death-sentence-in-ten-minutes

Quote:Femena strongly condemns the death sentence handed down to Zahra Shahbaz Tabari, a 67-year-old Iranian political prisoner, on charges of alleged collaboration with groups opposing the Islamic Republic. The sentence was issued by a revolutionary court in Rasht following a deeply flawed and unjust legal process.

[...]

The verdict was delivered last week by Judge Ahmad Darvish of Branch One of the Rasht Revolutionary Court after a brief video hearing lasting less than ten minutes. Her family has described the proceedings as a “sham” and “illegal.” Shahbaz Tabari was denied access to an independent lawyer, and the court-appointed attorney reportedly failed to defend her, instead endorsing the pre-determined verdict.

Source: https://femena.net/2025/11/11/iran-death-sentence-issued-against-67-year-old-political-prisoner-zahra-shahbaz-tabari/

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Nov 18 2025, 11:29 PM

Sister, I wanted to thank you for posting this here. I overlooked responding to you, as I went directly to email the day you posted.

hatpin

Nov 18 2025, 11:29 PM #4

Sister, I wanted to thank you for posting this here. I overlooked responding to you, as I went directly to email the day you posted.

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Nov 19 2025, 5:41 PM

Going to keep bumping this with whatever content I can find. I am concerned since she was arrested around April, most news has been in the end of October, and just a few weeks ago we're getting these latest petitions and condemnations.

"Statement condemning the death Sentence of Zahra Shahbaz Tabari" from The Alliance for the Prevention of Atrocity Crimes from October 27 2025: https://preventingac.org/blog/f/statement-condemning-the-death-sentence-of-zahra-shahbaz-tabari

I can't find any news about an execution date, which maybe I should take as "good" news that nothing is planned yet and protesting/writing to politicians and organizations might work.

Researching about political executions in Iran in general has been pretty grim:

Iran: Over 1,000 people executed as authorities step up horrifying assault on right to life, Amnesty International Iranian authorities have executed over 1,000 people thus far in 2025, the highest number of yearly executions in Iran that the organization has recorded in at least 15 years, said Amnesty International. The organization is calling on the Iranian authorities to establish an immediate moratorium on executions as a first step, and issuing an urgent plea on other states to immediately intervene to pressure the Iranian authorities to halt all planned executions.

Within less than nine months, the number of people executed by the Iranian authorities so far this year has already surpassed last year’s grim total of 972 executions.

Since the 2022 Woman Life Freedom uprising, the Iranian authorities increased their use of the death penalty as a tool of state repression and to crush dissent, and amid an ongoing spike in executions for drug-related offences.

Source: Amnesty International: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/09/iran-over-1000-people-executed-as-authorities-step-up-horrifying-assault-on-right-to-life/

Edited Nov 19 2025, 5:43 PM by Clover.

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Nov 19 2025, 5:41 PM #5

Iran: Over 1,000 people executed as authorities step up horrifying assault on right to life, Amnesty International Iranian authorities have executed over 1,000 people thus far in 2025, the highest number of yearly executions in Iran that the organization has recorded in at least 15 years, said Amnesty International. The organization is calling on the Iranian authorities to establish an immediate moratorium on executions as a first step, and issuing an urgent plea on other states to immediately intervene to pressure the Iranian authorities to halt all planned executions.

Within less than nine months, the number of people executed by the Iranian authorities so far this year has already surpassed last year’s grim total of 972 executions.

Since the 2022 Woman Life Freedom uprising, the Iranian authorities increased their use of the death penalty as a tool of state repression and to crush dissent, and amid an ongoing spike in executions for drug-related offences.

Source: Amnesty International: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/09/iran-over-1000-people-executed-as-authorities-step-up-horrifying-assault-on-right-to-life/

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Nov 19 2025, 6:33 PM

Iran’s top execution priorities tend to be those convicted of spying for Israel, especially around Iranian nuclear activity. Women protesting mandatory hijab have been increasingly left alone since they came out hijab less rooting for the ayatollah over Netanyahu. So it’s not about that. If she were a midwife who sold abortion cures, otoh, that would definitely make the authorities upset.

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Nov 19 2025, 6:33 PM #6

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Nov 20 2025, 10:09 PM

I don't support the death penalty. A country that just recently and begrudgingly backpedaled on their misogynistic hijab laws doesn't earn my trust. This other article from PBS News states that “activists warn Iran often relies on coerced confessions and closed-door trials in its death penalty cases, particularly those involving Israel.”

I don't care the reason why this woman is being sentenced to death, it is wrong.

Edited Nov 20 2025, 10:10 PM by Clover.

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Nov 20 2025, 10:09 PM #7

Impress Polly
The kind they warned you about.

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Nov 20 2025, 11:43 PM

(Nov 19 2025, 6:33 PM)Wrongtoy Iran’s top execution priorities tend to be those convicted of spying for Israel, especially around Iranian nuclear activity. Women protesting mandatory hijab have been increasingly left alone since they came out hijab less rooting for the ayatollah over Netanyahu. So it’s not about that. If she were a midwife who sold abortion cures, otoh, that would definitely make the authorities upset.

Eeeehhhh....

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Nov 20 2025, 11:43 PM

Seriously, there needs to be a formal PICK-ME label for posts like this. Naturally you would cheerlead the Iranian clerical establishment in this situation. Pathetic. Get your head out of your woke ass! If your only point in visiting this message board is to continuously troll it up with a bunch of anti-feminist BS about how the women's movement has supposedly failed Islam then feel free to fuck off, poser! I don't even care if I'm breaking the stupid civility rules to say that to you at this point. This is what all your posts look like. They're a joke and deserve to be treated like one.

Edited Nov 21 2025, 12:01 AM by Impress Polly.

Impress Polly

The kind they warned you about.

Nov 20 2025, 11:43 PM #8

(Nov 19 2025, 6:33 PM)Wrongtoy Iran’s top execution priorities tend to be those convicted of spying for Israel, especially around Iranian nuclear activity. Women protesting mandatory hijab have been increasingly left alone since they came out hijab less rooting for the ayatollah over Netanyahu. So it’s not about that. If she were a midwife who sold abortion cures, otoh, that would definitely make the authorities upset.

Eeeehhhh....

hatpin

Nov 21 2025, 8:59 AM

(Nov 20 2025, 10:09 PM)Clover I don't support the death penalty. A country that just recently and begrudgingly backpedaled on their misogynistic hijab laws doesn't earn my trust. This other article from PBS News states that “activists warn Iran often relies on coerced confessions and closed-door trials in its death penalty cases, particularly those involving Israel.”

I don't care the reason why this woman is being sentenced to death, it is wrong.

You can absolutely get an "Amen!", sis!

Impress Polly, thanks for your most recent post. You were much more civil than I would have been. I've been at odds with that poster since /GC, and I just won't engage with them anymore.

Edited Nov 21 2025, 9:00 AM by hatpin.

hatpin

Nov 21 2025, 8:59 AM #9

(Nov 20 2025, 10:09 PM)Clover I don't support the death penalty. A country that just recently and begrudgingly backpedaled on their misogynistic hijab laws doesn't earn my trust. This other article from PBS News states that “activists warn Iran often relies on coerced confessions and closed-door trials in its death penalty cases, particularly those involving Israel.”

I don't care the reason why this woman is being sentenced to death, it is wrong.

LeftFem

Nov 21 2025, 9:43 AM

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(Nov 19 2025, 6:33 PM)Wrongtoy Iran’s top execution priorities tend to be those convicted of spying for Israel, especially around Iranian nuclear activity. Women protesting mandatory hijab have been increasingly left alone since they came out hijab less rooting for the ayatollah over Netanyahu. So it’s not about that. If she were a midwife who sold abortion cures, otoh, that would definitely make the authorities upset.

I have lived in that general area (Not Iran) and was born there. They know that executing a woman for not wearing a Hijab might create uproar, after the last time.

But they're still hardcore extremists. They can't stand it. So what they do?

Oh look at that EVIL WOMAN WITHOUT A HIJAB. SHE MUST BE AN ISRAELI AGENT!

The idea that Israel has so many spies that are so easy to find for Iran yet Israel was able to get drones into Iran with zero issues is so absurd, it doesn't bother even thinking about.

Edited Nov 21 2025, 9:44 AM by LeftFem.

LeftFem

Nov 21 2025, 9:43 AM #10

(Nov 19 2025, 6:33 PM)Wrongtoy Iran’s top execution priorities tend to be those convicted of spying for Israel, especially around Iranian nuclear activity. Women protesting mandatory hijab have been increasingly left alone since they came out hijab less rooting for the ayatollah over Netanyahu. So it’s not about that. If she were a midwife who sold abortion cures, otoh, that would definitely make the authorities upset.

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