HRANA News Agency – Farhad Salmanpour Zaheer, political prisoner in ward 8 of Evin prison, returned to the prison after a 13-day leave. In addition to 26 years imprisonment, he has been sentenced to 20 years in exile and social exclusion.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Farhad Salmanpour Zaheer, political prisoner in ward eight of Evin Prison, who had been sent to furlough on the bail of thirty billion IRR, returned to prison after 13 days.
Farhad Salmanpour Zaheer was arrested in December 2009 and in Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court presided over by Judge Salvati, was sentence to 26 years and 4 months imprisonment and was sentenced to 20 years in exile in the city of Shirvan.
Mr. Salmanpour was sentenced to 26 years imprisonment on charges of “acting against national security, disclosure of confidential documents related to the IRGC, propaganda against the regime and insulting the leadership” and exile to city of Shirvan after 20 years imprisonment, denial of the right to join the revolutionary institutions like the Basij and permanent dismissal from governmental service”.
Mr. Salmanpour’s sentence could be reduced to 12 years imprisonment and 2 years of exile by applying Article 134.
Also in the primary court’s sentence, Mr. Salmanpour had been deprived of furlough during his prison terms which was diagnosed illegal in later stages of the court proceedings and was removed.
Mr Salmanpour was sent to furlough on a bail of 30 billion IRR on July 17 for 10 days which was extended for other three days.