On Thursday, April 8, 2022, former prisoner of conscience Soheil Arabi was summoned to Branch 1 of the Judgment Enforcement Unit of the Public and Revolutionary Court for sentencing.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, on Thursday, April 8, 2022, Soheil Arabi was summoned to appear for his two-year sentencing. According to the summons, he should appear at branch 1 of the Judgment Enforcement Unit (Zone 33 of Tehran) within 10 days.

Earlier, Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court sentenced him to two years imprisonment, paying a fine in the amount of 5 million tomans on the charge of “spreading lies with the purpose of disturbing the public opinion.” As additional punishment, Arabi has been banned from leaving the country without a judicial permit. Also, he should appear once every three times at the Supervision and Follow-up office of the Judiciary. This verdict was upheld on appeal by the Court of Appeals of Tehran Province.

In October of 2021, in a new legal case, along with Mehdi Meskin-Navaz, Reza Mohammad Hosseini and Behnam Moosivand, Arabi was indicted for “propaganda against the regime, offensive statements against the supreme leader of Iran and disturbing prison order.” At the time, he was imprisoned

Soheil Arabi has been detained and imprisoned from November 7 2013 to November 16 2021, when he was released from Rajai Shahr prison after serving his sentence. However, for this latest conviction, he will likely return to prison.