HRANA News Agency – Arash Ghaleh-Golab, Kourosh Karam-Pour, Farzaneh Yahya-Abadi, Mandana Sadeghi and his husband, Reza Mohammadi, have been sentenced to a total of more than 10 years and 9 months in prison by Branch One of the Abadan Revolutionary Court.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists in Iran, five poets and journalists have been sentenced to prison terms.
Based on the verdict issued by Branch One of the Abadan Revolutionary Court, Mandana Sadeghi and Arash Ghaleh-Golab have each been sentenced to 4 years, 1 month, and 17 days in prison. Kourosh Karam-Pour has been sentenced to 2 years in prison.
Reza Mohammadi and Farzaneh Yahya-Abadi have each been sentenced to 3 months and 1 day in prison.
Breakdown of Charges and Sentences
Mandana Sadeghi and Arash Ghaleh-Golab were convicted of “propaganda against the regime” and sentenced to 7 months and 16 days in prison. They were also convicted of “assembly and collusion against national security” and sentenced to 3 years, 6 months, and 1 day in prison.
Kourosh Karam-Pour, a poet and journalist from Abadan, was sentenced to 2 years in prison on similar charges.
Reza Mohammadi, poet and literary critic, and Farzaneh Yahya-Abadi, journalist, were each sentenced to 3 months and 1 day in prison for “propaganda against the regime”. The sentence against Yahya-Abadi was issued in absentia.
Court Proceedings and Previous Arrests
These three journalists, along with Reza Mohammadi, Ms. Sadeghi’s husband, had previously been summoned to the Abadan Revolutionary Court for their defense.
Mandana Sadeghi and Reza Mohammadi were arrested at their home in Abadan on October 19, 2022, by security forces and transferred to Ahvaz. They were later released on bail. They had previously faced legal action for their activities.
Farzaneh Yahya-Abadi was also arrested on October 19, 2022, in Abadan and later released on bail.
Arash Ghaleh-Golab was arrested on May 26, 2022, in front of the Metropol Building while mourning the victims of the Metropol collapse. Security forces detained him violently, and he was later released after 11 days on bail.
