SULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region — Bita Haqani is a 22-year-old blogger in Iran. The IRGC’s Intelligence Organization arrested her on October 18, and charged her with promoting “corruption on earth,” an offense that could lead to her execution.
Human rights activist and US-based journalist Masih Alinejad, says Bita Haqani’s family is worried about the death penalty being applied to their daughter.
Haqani was arrested by Iranian security forces in Mazandaran province in northern Iran earlier this month. Currently, she is being held in solitary confinement for 21 days in the province’s Qaimshahr prison.
#bitahaghani,a 22-year-old student and blogger from Sari,is evidently charged with “Corruption on Earth. Upon her arrest, she was kept in solitary confinement for 20 days, without informing her family about her case.Her life is in grave danger.#BitaHaqaniNasimi #SayTheirNames pic.twitter.com/FQvfmtT0Wk
— Iran Detainees Report (@IranDetainees) December 24, 2022
As of yet, Haqani has not been brought to trial but she has been accused of “promoting corruption on earth,” which carries the death penalty under Iranian law.
#BitaHaqaniNasimi A 22-year-old blogger from Sari was arrested on Oct 18. After 20 days of interrogation, Bita was transferred to Qaemshahr prison and she is at risk of a Death Sentence charge.
𝐁𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞#بیتا_حقانی_نسیمی pic.twitter.com/owc1dvf9CH
— Shervin (@sherviintr) December 22, 2022
Iran Human Rights organization reports that since the start of nationwide protests, Iranian security forces have killed 470 people. Among them, 32 are women, 63 are children.
As of now, two anti-government protesters have been executed by the Iranian regime since September, and 43 others are in danger of being executed.
