The Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, has sentenced seven Kurdish civilians and activists from Saqqez in a joint case.
The individuals, including Safa Aeli, the uncle of Jina Amini, Hiva Jahani, Sherko (Khaled) Hejazi, Hiva Tataei, Mohammad Azad Amini, Samira Ahmadi, and Omid Moghaddas, were charged with offenses such as “assembly and collusion against domestic/external security”, “propaganda against the Islamic Republic system”, “membership in the country’s opposition groups”, and “insulting the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran”.
The court session took place on 7 February and the individuals were informed of the verdict on 10 February.
According to the verdict, Safa Aeli has been sentenced to three years, six months, and one day of imprisonment on charges of “involvement in conspiracy against domestic security”, to seven months and 16 days for “propaganda against the state”, and 15 months and one day for “insulting the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran”.
The verdict states that one third of the harshest sentence will be suspended for three years if the individual refrains from associating with subversive elements and complies with certain behavioural requirements. Failure to comply with these conditions may result in an additional suspended sentence.
Similarly, Samira Ahmadi was sentenced to three years of imprisonment and a two-year travel ban as supplementary punishment on charges of “involvement in assembly and collusion against domestic security”.
Hiva Tataei was sentenced to three years and six months of imprisonment and a two-year travel ban as supplementary punishment on charges of “involvement in assembly and collusion against domestic security”.
Additionally, Hiva Jahani and Omid Moghaddas were fined 350 million rials each, and Mohammad Azad Amini was sentenced to three years of imprisonment on charges of “involvement in assembly and collusion against domestic security”.
Sherko Hejazi, the former head of the Saqqez Football Association, was sentenced to three years, six months, and one day in prison on charges of “involvement in assembly and collusion against domestic security”. Hejazi was also sentenced to 31 months and 16 days of imprisonment and two-year travel ban as a supplementary punishment for “membership in the country’s opposition groups”.
The verdict states that two-thirds of Hejazi’s harshest sentence will be suspended for three years if the individual refrains from associating with subversive elements and complies with certain behavioural requirements. Failure to comply with these conditions could result in an additional suspended sentence.
These seven civilians and activists were arrested in September 2023, on the eve of the Women Life Freedom uprising, and were temporarily released on bail after completing the interrogation process.
