The video appeared on his Twitter profile: Iranian activist and journalist Sepideh Golyan she is smiling, dressed in traditional clothes and without a veil, with long hair fluttering in the wind. She has a bouquet of flowers in her hand, she just got out of prison after almost 5 years. She smiles and shouts several slogans against Supreme Master Ali Khamenei as she is being filmed. “After four years and seven months, I was released,” she wrote on social media. calling for the release of other Iranian political prisoners: “This time I came out hoping for the freedom of Iran!”.

Golyan, now 28, was first arrested in November 2018, along with trade union activist Esmail Bakhshi, who organized a strike that she followed as a reporter. Both were taken to a secret detention center and subjected to severe torture. From prison, Golyan wrote frequently in letters to denounce cruel treatment, the conditions of treatment of political prisoners, and, in particular, the treatment of women. January in a letter he spoke about torture, with the help of which false confessions are obtained. It happened to her too when in 2019 she was finally sentenced by the Tehran Court of Appeal to 5 years in prison precisely on the basis of a forced confession.

Now Golian has found freedom in Iran, which is very different from what it was 4 years ago. The protests that arose in connection with the death of Mahsa Amini have not yet subsided. Just a few hours before the release of the activist, clashes over the traditional celebration of the fire holiday resumed, which this year acquired a pronounced political character, including in connection with the poisoning of hundreds of female students in order to prevent them. from attending classes. The discounts continue, as do the slogans against Ali Khamenei and the rebellious cry of “Woman, life, freedom.”