News Center- Maryam Sadat Yahyavi, an activist and political prisoner imprisoned in Evin prison, has been deprived of her right to make phone calls for 77 days for publishing a letter outside the prison to support political prisoner Pakhshan Azizi, who was sentenced to death on July 23, 2024.

Maryam Sadat Yahyavi has been banned from family visits since August 16, 2024.

On November 2, 2014, Maryam Sadat Yahyavi was arrested at her home by Iranian security forces. After 17 days of detention in Evin Prison, she was released on bail. Then, the Revolutionary Court of Tehran sentenced her to nine years in prison on charges such as “spreading propaganda against the regime” and “assembly and collusion against national security”. Her prison sentence was later reduced to one year following an appeal.

On March 3, 2024, she began to serve her one-year prison sentence in Evin prison following her appearance at Evin Courthouse.