In recent days, the Islamic Revolutionary and the Criminal Courts of the Islamic Republic of Iran sentenced at least six Kurdish civilians who were arrested during the nationwide public protests to imprisonment, flogging and social exclusion.
Masoud Kamyab – Sonqor, Kermanshah Province
The Islamic Revolutionary Court of Kermanshah sentenced a civil rights activist named Masoud Kamyab to one year of imprisonment, one year of a ban on leaving the country and one year of social exclusion.
Kamyab was charged with “propaganda against the state” and “insulting the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran”.
The verdict has been delivered to the activist in Sonqor prison in the past few days.
Kamyab was denied the right to have a lawyer during his detention and court hearing.
Security forces arrested Kamyab in Sonqor, Kermanshah province, on 23 September.
Mehdi Javanmardi – Dehgolan, Kurdistan Province
Branch 2 of the Criminal Court of Dehgolan, Kurdistan province, sentenced an environmental activist named Mehdi Javanmardi to nine months in prison on the charge of “propaganda against the state”, to 18 months in prison on the charge of “disrupting public order” and to 42 months on the charge of “assembly and collusion against national security”.
According to the Law on Consolidation of Sentences, only the harshest of the sentences is enforceable out of a total of five years and nine months of imprisonment.
Security forces arrested Javanmardi in Dehgolan on 26 September.
He spent more than a month of his detention under harsh conditions and severe mental and physical pressure in the solitary cell of the Ministry of Intelligence in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province.
He is currently being held in the Sanandaj Central Prison.
His trial was held in the form of a video conference for a few minutes without the right to a lawyer.
Yasin Fathi – Dehgolan, Kurdistan Province
Branch 2 of the Criminal Court of Dehgolan sentenced a civil rights activist named Yasin Fathi to eight months in prison on the charge of “propaganda against the state”, to 18 months in prison on the charge of “disrupting public order” and to 42 months on the charge of “assembly and collusion against national security”.
According to the Law on Consolidation of Sentences, only the harshest of the sentences is enforceable out of a total of five years and eight months of imprisonment.
Security forces arrested Fathi in Dehgolan in late September.
His trial was held in the form of a video conference for a few minutes without the right to a lawyer.
Sirous Abbasi and Azad Abbasi – Dehgolan, Kurdistan Province
Branch 2 of the Criminal Court of Dehgolan sentenced two brothers and civil rights activists named Sirous Abbasi and Azad Abbasi to 10 months in prison on the charge of “propaganda against the state”, to 18 months in prison on the charge of “disrupting public order” and to 48 months on the charge of “assembly and collusion against national security”.
According to the Law on Consolidation of Sentences, only the harshest of the sentences is enforceable out of a total of six years and four months of imprisonment.
Security forces arrested the brothers in Dehgolan on 21 September.
They spent more than a month under harsh conditions and severe mental and physical pressure in the solitary cells of the Ministry of Intelligence in Sanandaj.
The activists are currently being held in the Sanandaj Central Prison.
Their trial was held in the form of a video conference for a few minutes without the right to a lawyer.
Mohammad Javaheri – Tehran
Branch 26 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran – presided over by Judge Nima Afshari – sentenced a student named Mohammad Javaheri to four years and seven months in prison, and 74 lashes.
The court charged Javaheri with “assembly and collusion with the intention of disrupting national security” and “disruption of public order”.
Security forces arrested the Kurdish student on 25 September at the western passenger terminal in Tehran after he was expelled from the university dormitory and returning to Sardasht, West Azerbaijan province.
Javaheri is currently free on bail after spending 21 days in detention.
