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Iran: Young female civil activist sentenced to flogging, long imprisonment

Reported by PMOI/MEK

 

Iran, July 29, 2019 – A flogging and long imprisonment sentence issued to a female civil rights activist by a lower court, was upheld by Branch 36 of the appeal’s court in Tehran.

A source close to the case revealed on Wednesday, July 24th that the sentence was issued in absentia three days earlier and handed down to Ms. Sepideh Farhan in person on July 24. 

Meanwhile, the campaign for the defense of political prisoners said branch 36 of Tehran’s appeals court has upheld a sentence of 6 years imprisonment plus 74 lashes against Farhan for the alleged charge of “disrupting public order by attending illegal gatherings” and “acting against the security of the state.” This sentence was previously made against her by the head of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court, branch 26.

Sepideh Farhan (Farahabadi) was arrested by the regime's security forces in January 2018 during the anti-regime uprising that swept the country. She was released from Evin Prison on a bail of 2.5 billion rials (nearly $600,000) on February 17, 2018.

Political prisoners in Iran are arrested and prosecuted under national security-related charges for peaceful actions, including attending gatherings.

An estimated 8,000 arbitrary arrests were made in the course of the months-long protests in cities across Iran. More than 500 women, including dozens of female students, were among those apprehended.

At least 58 individuals were killed during the 2018 protests and a dozen jailed protesters were murdered under torture.

 

 

 

 

 

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