UK – Iran International, May 20, 2025
British-Iranian woman Nasrin Roshan was released from Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison on Tuesday, 550 days after being arrested for participating in protest gatherings abroad, Iran International has learned.
Roshan was arrested by security forces at Imam Khomeini International Airport on November 19, 2023, while attempting to legally travel from Tehran to her country of residence, the United Kingdom.
She was then taken to a solitary cell in the Intelligence Ministry’s detention center known as Ward 209 of Evin Prison. Section 209 of Evin Prison, reportedly the most dreadful ward of the detention facility, is one of three prison sections that are controlled by Iran’s intelligence ministry.
Sara Tabrizian, a former political prisoner who died mysteriously after being released from prison, was arrested with her. She had been summoned to the Intelligence Ministry just one day before her death.
On January 1, 2024, after about a month and a half of torture and interrogation, Roshan was transferred to the women’s ward of Evin Prison, where she remained until her release.
Roshan was later tried by Judge Iman Afshari, head of Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, and sentenced to four years in prison on charges of “assembly and collusion” and eight months in prison on charges of “propaganda against the system.”
