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| status = Operational| classification = | capacity = | population = | population_as_of = Judicial system of Iran; IRGC| director = | governor = | warden = Soughra Khodadadi| street-address = | city = Talebabad, TehranRay County, Iran>Ray| state = | postcode = | zip = | country = Iran| website = Yasaman AryaniAtena Daemi(Jan 2018-May 2018:returned to Evin Prison>Evin)Marjan DavariAtena Farghadani(2015-16)Ghoncheh Ghavami(2014)Bahareh Hedayat(Feb 2020)Soheila HejabGolrokh Ebrahimi Iraee(Jan 2018-May 2018: returned to Evin Prison)(Nov 2019-Dec 2020: returned to Evin Prison>Evin)Noushin Jafari(16 Feb 2021- )Zeynab Jalalian(April 2020-June 2020: transferred to Kerman Prison)Saba Kord Afshari(Aug 2018-Oct 2018: transferred to Evin Prison)(June 2019-Aug 2019: transferred to Evin Prison>Evin)(Dec 2020-)Leila (Khadijeh) Mirghafari(Apr 2020)Kylie Moore-Gilbert(July 2020-Oct 2020:transferred to Evin)Sepideh QolianShaparak Shajarizadeh(Feb 2018-Apr 2018)Nasrin Sotoudeh(Oct 2020-)Shokoufeh Yadollahi(Feb 2018-Jul 2019:Transferred to Evin)| embedded = }}Qarchak Prison () 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 (Shahr-e Rey prison), “Gharchak Women’s Prison”, Rey Penitentiary or Varamin prison.

Health and sanitation conditions

Health conditions are very poor inside Qarchak. There is no proper sewer.WEB,msmagazine.com/2021/05/10/unbearable-reza-khandan-husband-of-nasrin-sotoudeh-on-the-ground-in-irans-qarchak-prison/, “Unbearable”: Reza Khandan, Husband of Nasrin Sotoudeh, on the Ground in Iran’s Qarchak Prison - Ms. Magazine, 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.WEB, 2020-04-20, A look into the tragic conditions inside Qarchak Prison for women,women.ncr-iran.org/2020/04/20/a-look-into-the-tragic-conditions-inside-qarchak-prison-for-women/, 2021-06-02, NCRI Women Committee, en-US,

Prisoners

The prison’s seven sections contain more than 1400 prisoners, which is twice the nominal capacity.WEB,www.en-hrana.org/qarchak-prison-a-list-of-political-prisoners-and-prison-conditions/, Qarchak Prison; a List of Political Prisoners and Prison Conditions, en-hrana.org, 2 March 2020, 28 July 2020, As of July 2020, 17 female political prisoners are being detained in Qarchak prison.WEB,ipa.united4iran.org/en/prison/34/, Qarchak Prison - Varamin, united4iran.org, 14 April 2020, 28 July 2020, On 23 May 2020, Soheila Hejab (), 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.WEB,iran-hrm.com/index.php/2020/05/25/human-rights-lawyer-violently-transferred-to-qarchak-prison/, Human rights lawyer violently transferred to Qarchak Prison, iran-hrm.com, 25 May 2020, 28 July 2020, In June 2020, it was reported that political prisoners in Qarchak had been infected with COVID-19.WEB,www.iranhumanrights.org/2020/07/kurdish-political-prisoner-not-heard-from-for-weeks-since-announcing-covid-symptoms/, Kurdish Political Prisoner Not Heard from for Weeks Since Announcing COVID Symptoms, iranhumanrights.org, 14 July 2020, 28 July 2020, WEB,www.iranrights.org/library/document/3720#_ftn84, COVID-19 Fear in Iran’s Prisons: Iran Must Do More to Protect Prisoners, Abdorrahman Boroumand Center, 21 April 2020, 29 July 2020, On 26 July 2020, the Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert was moved from Evin to Qarchak.WEB,www.iranhumanrights.org/2020/07/australian-kylie-moore-gilbert-moved-to-notoriously-inhumane-prison-in-iran-as-punishment/, Australian Kylie Moore-Gilbert Moved to Notoriously Inhumane Prison in Iran as “Punishment”, iranhumanrights.org, 28 July 2020, 28 July 2020, Moore-Gilbert was later returned to Evin and freed in November 2020.{{fact|date=March 2024}}On 20 October 2020, human rights activist and lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was moved to Qarchak from Evin prison.WEB,www.fidh.org/en/region/asia/iran/iran-unexplained-transfer-of-nasrin-sotoudeh-to-qarchak-prison, Unexplained Transfer of Nasrin Sotoudeh to Qarchak Prison, fidh.org, 20 October 2020, 21 October 2020,

Reactions

Qarchak prison is listed under Section 106 of the US’s Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) on the basis of extrajudicial killings, torture and other violations of human rights.WEB,www.state.gov/report-to-congress-list-of-persons-who-are-responsible-for-or-complicit-in-certain-human-rights-abuses-in-iran/, Report to Congress List of Persons Who Are Responsible for or Complicit in Certain Human Rights Abuses in Iran, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, 1 June 2020, U.S. Department of State, 28 July 2020, On 7 December 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury 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 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.“WEB, Treasury Targets Repression and the Undermining of Democracy,home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0517, 2021-12-22, U.S. Department of the Treasury, en, WEB, Global Magnitsky Designation; Iran-related Designations; Syria Designations; CAATSA - Iran-related Designations,home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20211207, 2021-12-22, U.S. Department of the Treasury, en,

See also

• Human rights in Iran
• Judicial system of Iran Prison system

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