The Special Clerical Court of Hamadan, in western Iran, has convicted Sunni Kurdish clerics Madeh Karami and Abdoljabbar Lotfi for their support of recent anti-government protests. Karami, the imam of the village of Huyeh in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, was tried on 21 May and sentenced to one year in prison, suspended for two years. The trial of Lotfi, a teacher and imam at the Ershad mosque…
Read moreIran’s Islamic Revolutionary Court in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, in recent days sentenced imprisoned protester Sohrab Avizkan to three years in prison and three years of life in exile in Zanjan, in north-west Iran. The civilian was charged with “assembly and conspiracy with intent to disrupt national security” and “disturbing public order and peace”. This verdict was delivered to the civilian detained in Mahabad prison in…
Read moreBranch 101 of the Ilam Criminal Court in western Iran sentenced Kurdish artist Mohammad Abbaszadeh to six months and one day in prison, to pay 240 million Iranian rials – nearly 4,800 USD – in fines and supplementary penalties. The artist was sentenced to write 50 pages of articles in his own handwriting on “the consequences of blasphemy in the afterlife”. The verdict was notified to…
Read moreThe Special Clerical Court in Hamadan in western Iran sentenced Sunni Kurdish cleric Seyyed Jalal Akbari to two years suspended imprisonment on charges of “propaganda against the state” on 10 May. Akbari, the imam of a mosque in the village of Degagah in Sarvabad, Kurdistan province, was tried on 10 May and was informed of the court’s decision on the same day. Since late March, the…
Read moreKurdish civil rights activist Moslem Saeidpour has been sentenced to one year in prison by Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, on charges of “propaganda against the state”. The sentence, which is suspended for one year, was handed down to the activist on 30 April. Last year, the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in Sanandaj summoned Saeidpour for organising Newroz (also…
Read moreBranch Two of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, has sentenced Kurdish civilians Haasel Ghadou, Jamal Alizadeh and Abdolrahman Mohammadi-Arshad to prison terms ranging from eight to 43 months. The court charged the civilians with “gathering and conspiring to commit crimes against national security”, “propaganda against the state”, and “collaborating with dissident media”. Ghadou and Mohammadi-Arshad were tried on 16 February and have…
Read moreThe Special Clerical Court in Hamadan in western Iran has sentenced Kurdish Sunni cleric Arman Sadeghi to seven and a half months in prison, 74 lashes and the revocation of his clerical status for his support of the recent anti-government protests. The court charged Sadeghi with “disturbing public opinion” and “propaganda against the state”, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. The Sunni Kurdish cleric…
Read moreIran’s Special Clerical Court in Hamadan sentenced Kurdish Sunni cleric Saber Khoda-Moradi to seven months in prison and 74 lashes in the past few days, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. The sentence, communicated to the cleric by telephone, was suspended for three years. There is no detailed information available about the charges brought against the religious teacher who was summoned to the Special…
Read moreBranch 101 of the Second Criminal Court in Bukan, West Azerbaijan province, recently sentenced civilian Ali Gol-Mohammadi to 22 months in prison. The court charged the civilian with “acting against national security” on the grounds that he was a member of a Kurdish opposition party. On 15 January, security forces arrested Gol-Mohammadi in Bukan without a court order. After initial interrogations, he was transferred to the city…
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