Kurdish teacher Zara Mohammadi, who was imprisoned by the Iranian regime for teaching Kurdish children their mother tongue, has been released from jail.

She said that she was surprised by the release and that she will definitely continue to teach Kurdish.

Zara Mohammadi has a master's degree in geopolitics and is co-founder and director of the cultural association Nûjîn, which promotes civil society and educational initiatives in Sine and the surrounding area. In May 2019, she was arrested by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and transferred to an intelligence-run prison. Previously, she taught Kurdish to children in villages near Sine.

In July 2020, an Iranian revolutionary court sentenced Zara Mohammadi to ten years imprisonment for "forming a group against national security". On appeal in February last year, the original sentence was reduced to five years and Mohammadi was subsequently released on bail. 

In January 2022, she was imprisoned again.