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نانز قوقح لاعف و ناد قوقح ،درونهوک ،رعاش ؛یرفعج یرهم ی هماندای ی هژیو

Mehri Jafari was a dual British-Iranian cit- مندنایپ یتقو

izen living in London, an attorney, a poet, Larry Everest دهب یفاصنا یب
and a human rights activist – “champion- .مدردن اش مندریپ
ing the rights of #women, #children and In Memory and Appreciation of Mehri
#LGBTQ,” as she wrote on her Twitter Jafari یثا »نیمز ی هبذاج زا یسیت چیه یب« باتک زا ییعر
page. I had the pleasure and good for- ییفعج ییوم
Posted: https://www.freeiranspolitical-
tune of meeting and working with her by
prisonersnow.org/global-movement
phone earlier this year. Already a mem- ***
ber of the campaign supporting politi-
August 21, 2021
cal prisoner Mehran Raouf, she quickly مان یرابفلا بیتیت هب همان هژرو نرا شد ام ناهایمه

signed the Campaign’s Emergency Ap-
It was with great shock and sadness :زا دنتشابع اه هویگ ِناهنع و دایفا یگداهناخ
peal and promoted it on social media.
that we in the International Campaign ،یلابقا هتریف ،تسشوا یشلا ،یکشابدوش یمیهایبا یداه
She was one of its earliest endorsers.
to Free Iran’s Political Prisoners learned
،یتفت اروش ،مانوب اضییلع ،یهارویسخ ناشدایب شوار

that Mehri Jafari had been lost while de-
،نایلاحمشاوچ هفتآ ،ناگدازیفعج زانیف ،ییردج هدیپس
Mehri was a warm, helpful and engaged
scending the 24,400-foot Peak Pobeda in
مریم ،نرذآ ش اضش ،یدنسیخ یداه ،ینیسح دیهان
person, ready to do what she could for
the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan
،یماهق هنازیف ،شهپ یضاق ییما ،یفریر شهریپ ،اناد سیئش
this vital cause, including press inter-
and is presumed to have died.
views and outreach to friends and col- شهرشاد ،کیت نانز زکیم ،فهئش نایوم زا عافد ی هتیمک

leagues. She had a deep understanding نیسح( مانان ،ناگیوم ناهیک ،یتهکلم ات یب ،شامعم
This is a terrible loss for the people, and
of the crucial importance of active, vo- این امین ،نارشاجن نسح دمحم ،)یلضاف نیتشام
we offer our deepest condolences to her
cal support for political prisoners, telling
family, friends, colleagues, and all who
Iran Wire )Feb 8, 2021), “When a social
fight for a better world.
activist is in detention, the silence of the
wider community provides the condi-
tions for his or her repression, and he or

she may be left at risk of harsh interro-
gation, forced confessions and torture.”
This was something we learned from
and promoted.

Mehri was also committed to exposing
and stopping the nightmare of honor-
related crimes against women in Iran

and the Iranian community, and worked
closely with Kurdish, Afghan, and other
activists.

Mehri was a highly accomplished moun-

taineer, and as an avid hiker I share her
love of the mountains – the challenges
they present and the awesome beauty

and vistas they offer – and appreciate
her seeing in climbing a way to break out
of the suffocation of today’s world and
struggle to ascend to something higher
and better. Let us all remember Mehri,

by dedicating ourselves to that daunting,
but exhilarating climb to a brighter, liber-
ating future.

Larry Everest, on behalf of the Interna-

tional Emergency Campaign to Free
Iran’s Political Prisoners

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