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Qarchak Prison
Qarchak Prison (Persian: زندان قرچک, romanized: Zendân-e-Qarchak) is a prison for women located in Qarchak, in Qarchak County, previously part of Varamin County, Tehran province, Iran (30 km SSE of the capital). It is also called Persian: زندان زنان ری, romanized: Rey Women Prison (Shahr-e Rey prison), "Gharchak Women’s Prison", Rey Penitentiary or Varamin prison.
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 coronavirus and did not have masks or sanitary supplies for inmates.
In August 2025, reports from human rights organizations described a severe deterioration in conditions at Qarchak Prison, citing prolonged power outages during extreme summer heat, lack of access to potable water, and denial of adequate medical care for inmates with chronic illnesses. Political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared was reported to be in immediate danger due to the lack of urgent medical attention.
The prison's seven sections contain more than 1400 prisoners, which is twice the nominal capacity.
As of July 2020, 17 female political prisoners are being detained in Qarchak prison.
On 23 May 2020, Soheila Hejab (Persian: سهیلا حجاب, romanized: Soheila Hijab), a 30-year-old law graduate sentenced to 18 years in prison for forming a group for women's rights and who had been summoned for that day to the Court of Appeals, was brutally arrested on leaving the hearing by IRGC agents, and taken to Qarchak.
In June 2020, it was reported that political prisoners in Qarchak had been infected with COVID-19.
On 26 July 2020, the Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert was moved from Evin to Qarchak. Moore-Gilbert was later returned to Evin and freed in November 2020.[citation needed]
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Qarchak Prison
Qarchak Prison (Persian: زندان قرچک, romanized: Zendân-e-Qarchak) is a prison for women located in Qarchak, in Qarchak County, previously part of Varamin County, Tehran province, Iran (30 km SSE of the capital). It is also called Persian: زندان زنان ری, romanized: Rey Women Prison (Shahr-e Rey prison), "Gharchak Women’s Prison", Rey Penitentiary or Varamin prison.
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 coronavirus and did not have masks or sanitary supplies for inmates.
In August 2025, reports from human rights organizations described a severe deterioration in conditions at Qarchak Prison, citing prolonged power outages during extreme summer heat, lack of access to potable water, and denial of adequate medical care for inmates with chronic illnesses. Political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared was reported to be in immediate danger due to the lack of urgent medical attention.
The prison's seven sections contain more than 1400 prisoners, which is twice the nominal capacity.
As of July 2020, 17 female political prisoners are being detained in Qarchak prison.
On 23 May 2020, Soheila Hejab (Persian: سهیلا حجاب, romanized: Soheila Hijab), a 30-year-old law graduate sentenced to 18 years in prison for forming a group for women's rights and who had been summoned for that day to the Court of Appeals, was brutally arrested on leaving the hearing by IRGC agents, and taken to Qarchak.
In June 2020, it was reported that political prisoners in Qarchak had been infected with COVID-19.
On 26 July 2020, the Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert was moved from Evin to Qarchak. Moore-Gilbert was later returned to Evin and freed in November 2020.[citation needed]
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