human rights defender

Fatemeh (Mojgan) Tadrisi

Urgent support needed

Ms. Tedrisi was granted medical furlough in late October for surgery on her left hand. According to her attending physician, the political prisoner required three months of treatment and ten physiotherapy sessions. However, the Legal Medicine Organization approved only two months of her treatment period. Additionally, the sentence enforcement judge did not approve an extension of her furlough. As a result, she was returned to prison before completing her treatment and physiotherapy sessions.

Organization affiliation

  • Teachers' Union

HRD's Gender

Woman

Type of HRD

  • Academic
  • NGO member
  • Social and community leader
  • Trade union leader

HRD's thematic area of engagement

  • Civil and political rights

Current Status

In prison (sentenced)

HRD's bio and work

Fatemeh (Mojgan) Tedrisi, a human rights activist and teacher, was arrested during the teachers' protests in Tehran. In response to the poor prison conditions and the neglect of prisoners' welfare, she went on a hunger strike. Tedrisi had previously been arrested during the 2022 protests and has faced repeated repression and arrests due to her activism. She is now recognized as a defender of teachers' rights and political prisoners.

Detained since

Mar 16, 2023

Charge(s)

  • Anti-government propaganda
  • Other
  • Subversion

Sentence

6 years in prison

Latitude: 35.804367904848725

Longitude: 50.86548170156312

Geolocation of detention

Country or area of detention

Region of detention

  • Asia: Southern Asia

Location of detention - City/Town

Tehran

Location of detention - Facility

Tehran, Kachouei Prison, Karaj

Allegations / reports of ill-treatment

https://www.hra-news.org/2025/hranews/a-26eb3958/

Recent case update / evolution

On December 24, 2025 , Fatemeh (Mojgan) Tedrisi, a political prisoner, returned to Kachouei Prison in Karaj at the end of her furlough. Ms. Tedrisi was granted medical furlough in late October for surgery on her left hand. According to her attending physician, the political prisoner required three months of treatment and ten physiotherapy sessions. However, the Legal Medicine Organization approved only two months of her treatment period. Additionally, the sentence enforcement judge did not approve an extension of her furlough. As a result, she was returned to prison before completing her treatment and physiotherapy sessions.

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