Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee

[2] In September 2014, the Iranian government searched the home of Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee and her husband Arash Sadeghi in Tehran.

[4] In the story, a young woman watches the movie, "The Stoning of Soraya M", becomes angry, and burns a copy of the Koran.

[5] After the story was found, Iraee and her husband Sadeghi were arrested by four men believed to be from the Revolutionary Guards.

"[5] She began serving her six-year sentence that month for "insulting the sacred" and "propaganda against the state," after she wrote a story about stoning.

According to Philip Luther, Research and Advocacy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, "She is facing years behind bars simply for writing a story, and one which was not even published – she is effectively being punished for using her imagination.

Instead of imprisoning a young woman for peacefully exercising her human rights by expressing her opposition to stoning, the Iranian authorities should focus on abolishing this punishment, which amounts to torture.

[13] In December 2020, Iraee was summoned, assaulted and forcibly transferred to ward 2A of Evin prison (solitary confinement).

[14] She was denied the right to contact her family and her fate remained unknown[15] until 25 January 2021, with the news that she has been transferred to Amol prison in Mazandaran.

[16] During the Mahsa Amini protests the Iranian government began the mass arrest of dissidents, including human rights defenders, students, lawyers, journalists and civil society activists.

According to the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), security officers broke the door to Iraei's house and entered her room during the arrest.