According to Iran International, eight female political prisoners held in the women's ward of Evin Prison—Shiva Esmaili, Golrokh Iraei, Sakineh Parvaneh, Forough Taghipour, Zahra Safaei, Marzieh Farsi, Elaheh Fooladi, and Varisheh Moradi—have been denied visits with family members and lawyers following increased security measures and crackdowns on prisoner activities.