Elham Afkari

Elham Afkari is an Iranian activist and the sister of Navid Afkari. During the Mahsa Amini protests, on November 10, 2022, she was arrested along with her husband and their three-year-old daughter and was transferred to Detention Center No. 100 in Shiraz. She was later released.

Arrests in 2021 On June 12, 2021, Elham Afkari, along with other family members and acquaintances, protested against the 280-day solitary confinement of her two brothers, Habib and Vahid, in front of Adel-Abad Prison. Plainclothes officers allegedly assaulted them and confiscated their phones. That same day, Elham and her husband's sister were arrested but released after a few hours.

Mizan News Agency published an image of Elham Afkari blindfolded while in detention, an action that reportedly violated Iranian laws prohibiting the publication of an accused individual’s image before a conviction.

The following day, images surfaced showing her mother, Behiye Namjoo, outside the Shiraz Intelligence Office, expressing distress and demanding her daughter’s release. In a widely shared video, she can be seen knocking on the office door, saying, "I will tear this door down."

Reports indicated that Elham Afkari began a hunger strike following her arrest. Another Afkari family member, Hamid Afkari, was also arrested outside the Shiraz Intelligence Detention Center while protesting her detention.