HRANA News Agency – Khosrow Alikordi, a lawyer currently held in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad, has been sentenced to one year in prison by Branch 5 of the Revolutionary Court of Mashhad.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists in Iran, Khosrow Alikordi was convicted on charges of “propaganda against the regime.” The dissemination of content on social media was cited as evidence for the charges against him.
Alikordi, who was previously serving another sentence under a semi-open prison arrangement, was re-arrested in early January after being summoned by the supervisory judge at Vakilabad Prison.
On August 1, 2023, Alikordi was initially arrested after appearing at the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in Mashhad. He was transferred to Vakilabad Prison but released on bail after five days.
In January 2024, Branch 1 of the Mashhad Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Hadi Mansouri, sentenced Alikordi to one year in prison for “propaganda against the regime in favor of anti-regime groups.” As additional penalties, he was sentenced to two years of exile in Nahbandan, two years of a travel ban, two years of prohibition from practicing law, and two years of a social media ban. The sentence was upheld by Branch 35 of the Khorasan Razavi Court of Appeals in January 2024.
In a separate case, Branch 131 of the Mashhad Criminal Court sentenced Alikordi to a fine of 15 million tomans for “spreading false information and failing to maintain confidentiality.” This sentence was also upheld on appeal.
In early-February 2024, Alikurdi was summoned by the Mashhad Prosecutor’s Office in connection with another case and was later transferred to Vakilabad Prison to serve his one-year prison sentence.
