HRANA – Faramarz Se-Dehi, a poet and member of the Iranian Writers’ Association, has been sentenced to one year in prison by Branch 104 of the Behbahan Criminal Court.

Farshteh Tabanian, Mr. Se-Dehi’s lawyer, wrote in a post regarding this case that he was sentenced to one year in prison on the charge of “insulting sacred values.”

Earlier, a court hearing addressing Faramarz Se-Dehi’s charge had been held in Branch 104 of the Behbahan Criminal Court (Second).

In April 2024, in a separate case, Faramarz Se-Dehi had also been sentenced to over 22 months in prison by Branch 1 of the Mahshahr Revolutionary Court.

Mr. Se-dehi was formally charged on February 17, 2025, by the Second Branch of the Behbahan Prosecutor’s Office and released on bail.

Faramarz Se-Dehi, a poet from Khuzestan and a member of the Iranian Writers’ Association, has previously faced convictions related to his activities.