UA: 100/14 Index: MDE 13/022/2014 Iran Date: 25 April 2014
Maryam Shafi’ Pour, a prisoner of conscience, has been sentenced to seven years in prison on charges apparently related to her peaceful activism. She has lodged an appeal and is awaiting the Appeal Court’s decision.
Student and activist Maryam Shafi’ Pour was sentenced to seven years in prison on 2 March, by Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran. It had found her guilty of “spreading propaganda against the system” and assembly  and collusion against national security”. She was also banned for two years from any “cyber activities”, including Internet use, and the press.
Maryam Shafi’ Pour was told during her interrogation that unless she made a “confession” her prison sentence would be more than five years.

 
Maryam Shafi’ Pour, who had been banned from pursuing higher education because of her student activism, has been detained since 27 July 2013.
She spent over two months in solitary confinement in section 209 of Tehran’s Evin Prison, which is under the control of the Ministry of Intelligence, with no access to a lawyer, before she was transferred to the prison’s general ward.
Maryam Shafi’ Pour’s first court hearing on national security-related charges, including “spreading propaganda against the system”, was held on 21 October 2013 in Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran.
The charges against her appear to relate to her peaceful activities.
In December 2013 Maryam Shafi’ Pour passed out after experiencing an irregular heartbeat, and was taken to the medical clinic in Evin Prison.
After two months of solitary confinement, she began suffering from skin rashes for which she has not yet received treatment.