After the 1979 revolution, which brought to power, Maryam and her husband returned. He was by then general secretary of the Tudeh party and during that short period, when the party was permitted to function, she headed the Democratic Women’s Organisation. In February 1983 Maryam, who was then 70, and her husband were imprisoned, and Kianouri was accused of spying for the Soviet Union. That April the party was banned and many of its members were executed. Maryam was kept in solitary confinement and fell ill. The severity of her illness eventually led to her release to house arrest. She rented a house with her daughter Afsaneh and lived on her German pension.
