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directly participating in a violent attack on December 13, 2020 against prisoners of conscience in Ward 8 along with at least 20 other guards. According to publicly available reports, prison guards beat these female prisoners of conscience with batons and stun guns. Khodadadi ordered this attack in retaliation for the prisoners exercising their right to freedom of expression."
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added Soghra Khodadadi (described as "the current director of Qarchak") to its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list. Individuals on the list have their assets blocked and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from dealing with them. The listing said Khodadadi "was responsible for ordering and
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Health conditions are very poor inside Qarchak. There is no proper sewer. According to the NCRI Women's Committee, the prison infirmary was ill-equipped to deal with outbreaks of
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The prison's seven sections contain more than 1400 prisoners, which is twice the nominal capacity.
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In June 2020, it was reported that political prisoners in Qarchak had been infected with
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As of July 2020, 17 female political prisoners are being detained in Qarchak prison.
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to Qarchak. Moore-Gilbert was later returned to Evin and freed in November 2020.
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Iranian entities subject to U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions
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and did not have masks or sanitary supplies for inmates.
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prison), "Gharchak Women’s Prison", Rey Penitentiary or
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Qarchak prison is listed under Section 106 of the US's
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Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
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On 20 October 2020, human rights activist and lawyer
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Qarchak prison

Varamin
Coordinates
35°28′05″N 51°33′25″E / 35.468°N 51.557°E / 35.468; 51.557
Judicial system of Iran
IRGC
Warden
Talebabad, Tehran
Ray
Iran
Yasaman Aryani
Atena Daemi
Evin
Marjan Davari
Atena Farghadani
Ghoncheh Ghavami
Bahareh Hedayat
Soheila Hejab
Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee
Evin
Evin
Noushin Jafari
Zeynab Jalalian
Kerman
Saba Kord Afshari
Evin
Evin
Leila (Khadijeh) Mirghafari
Kylie Moore-Gilbert

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