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URGENT: "I reached out to almost every newspaper inside Iran. No one will touch this story." Zeinab Mousavi known as "Aban" is dying quietly in Vakilabad Prison, and Iran’s regime wants no one to know. A barista arrested alongside her brother Hassan on February 24, 2025, Zeinab has been charged with moharebeh, "enmity against God", for protesting. The charge carries the death penalty. Now, her health is collapsing. For several consecutive nights, she has been suffering seizures in her sleep. Her family and supporters are demanding her immediate emergency transfer for medical treatment outside the prison walls. That demand has been ignored. The silence around her case is not accidental. Sepideh Qolian, an Iranian activist who was herself just released from prison, tried to break it. She reached out to most major Iranian newspapers to speak about the deteriorating conditions of the December protesters from Mashhad. Not one was willing to publish it. "I'm at my most helpless," Qolian wrote. "If I speak to foreign media, I'll be arrested again. The conditions of the December prisoners are very bad." Iran has built a perfect trap: beat them inside, silence those who witness it, and punish anyone who speaks out. Zeinab Mousavi may be executed for protesting. She may also die waiting for medical care she is being denied. Her story is being buried in real time. We refuse to let that happen. #FreeZeinabMousavi