Kurdish civilian Mohammad Borouki Milan, who was sentenced to 42 years in jail, has been taken to Orumiyeh Central Prison in West Azerbaijan province in recent days.

Iranian courts sentenced the civilian to a total of 42 years in prison on charges of “possession of ammunition”, “enmity against God” (moharebeh), and “collaboration with the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK)”.

According to a source familiar with the case, security forces arrested Milan in November 2015 and was transferred to the detention centre of the Ministry of Intelligence in Orumiyeh. After several weeks in detention, he was transferred to the city prison.

In September 2016, Branch 2 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Orumiyeh, headed by Judge Sheikhlou, sentenced him to five years in prison on charges of “collaboration with the PJAK”.

He was temporarily released on bail pending a decision by the Court of Appeal.

The source added: “Last year, in a complicated and non-transparent judicial process, Mohammad Borouki Milan was sentenced to 15 years in prison by Branch 1 of the Criminal Court for Children and Adolescents of West Azerbaijan province over possession of ammunition. Additionally, another case was filed against him on charges of moharebeh [or enmity against God] through membership in PJAK in Branch 1 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Khoy, where he was sentenced to 22 years in prison.”

The Kurdish civilian has been sentenced to 22 years in prison on charges of membership in the PJAK. He had already been sentenced to five years of imprisonment by Branch 2 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Orumiyeh on the exact charges.

The lawyer of this political prisoner, while appealing against these verdicts, has also submitted a request for retrial to the court but has not received a response yet.

Reportedly, following the finalisation of these verdicts, Milan was arrested last week in his hometown Maku, West Azerbaijan province, and transferred to Orumiyeh Central Prison to serve the sentence.

He is currently in Ward 1 of the prison, where general crime prisoners are held.