Two rights groups report three-year-six-month prison sentence for Azadeh Yaghoubi
HRANA and Hengaw separately report that Mashhad's Revolutionary Court sentenced Azadeh (Masoumeh) Yaghoubi to three years and six months in prison on a charge of assembly and collusion to act against national security. Both organizations raise concerns about her Crohn's disease and need for specialist medical care.
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On August 7, 2026, HRANA and the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights separately reported that Mashhad's Revolutionary Court sentenced Azadeh Yaghoubi, also known as Masoumeh Yaghoubi, to three years and six months in prison. Both reports identify the stated charge as assembly and collusion to act against national security. HumanInChain treats that charge as an allegation in the case, not as an independently established fact.
According to HRANA and Hengaw, Yaghoubi was arrested in Mashhad on January 24, 2026, spent a period in solitary confinement at a Ministry of Intelligence detention facility, and was later transferred to Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad. HumanInChain did not find a publicly accessible court judgment or an independent official judiciary announcement about the case, so the details of the sentence remain attributed to the two reporting organizations.
Both organizations report that Yaghoubi has Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory bowel condition. Their accounts describe inadequate access to medication, poor detention conditions, and a need for specialist care including a colonoscopy. These medical claims also remain attributed to the reporting organizations; HumanInChain does not have access to an independent medical record.
This is a report about a prison sentence and should not be confused with unverified claims of a death sentence or execution. HumanInChain will add any credible appeal decision, new document, or source correction to this record.
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