The Tehran Revolutionary Court recently sentenced lawyer Saeed Sheykh to three years in prison. Security forces arrested him in Tehran on October 12, 2022.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, Saeed Sheykh (Sheikh), attorney at law, was sentenced to two years for “assembly and collusion against national security” and one year for “propaganda against the regime.” If the verdict is upheld on appeal, applying article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, two years in prison for “assembly and collusion” as the severest punishment will be enforceable.
On his page on social media, Sheykh wrote that he is still barred from leaving the country.
On October 12, 2022, in protest against the unconstitutional crackdown on peaceful protesters, a group of lawyers demonstrated before the Iran Bar Association in Tehran. The police and security forces used tear gas to scatter the lawyers and arrested several, including Saeed Sheykh.
