HRANA – Manouchehr Bakhtiari, the father of Pouya Bakhtiari, who was killed during the November 2019 protests, and a prisoner currently held in Bandar Abbas Prison, has been sentenced to an additional 10 years in prison by Branch 1 of the Bandar Abbas Revolutionary Court.
According to HRANA, Manouchehr Bakhtiari, who is currently held in Bandar Abbas Prison, has been sentenced to prison.
According to information obtained by HRANA, Bakhtiari was sentenced to one year in prison on the charge of “propaganda activity against the regime through media alignment with opponents of the regime,” four years in prison on the charge of “inciting people to war and killing with the intent of disrupting national security and creating social unrest,” and five years in prison for “sending videos to foreign-based online networks in a manner contrary to national security.”
The sentence was verbally communicated to Bakhtiari today, Tuesday, September 1, at Bandar Abbas Prison.
Previously, hearings in Bakhtiari’s case were held on June 3 and June 15 of this year at Branch 1 of the Bandar Abbas Revolutionary Court. During the hearings, he presented his defense against the charges brought against him. The case was initiated following a complaint filed against him by the Bandar Abbas prosecutor.
Manouchehr Bakhtiari was arrested on January 19, 2026, while serving his sentence of exile in Bandar Abbas and was subsequently transferred to the city’s prison.
Bakhtiari had previously been arrested by security forces at his home in Tehran on April 29, 2021, and was ultimately sentenced to three years and six months in prison, two years and six months of exile, and a two-year travel ban. After serving more than four years in prison, he was released from Choobindar Prison in Qazvin in October 2025 and transferred to Bandar Abbas to serve his exile sentence.
During his imprisonment, additional cases were also opened against Bakhtiari. In one case, he was sentenced to six months in prison. In another, he was sentenced to 18 years in prison and 74 lashes. The latter sentence was overturned on appeal, and the case was sent back to the Revolutionary Court for retrial.
Manouchehr Bakhtiari, the father of Pouya Bakhtiari, has stated that his 27-year-old son was shot and killed in Phase 4 of Mehrshahr, Karaj, during the November 2019 protests. According to Bakhtiari, Pouya, along with his mother and sister, joined protesters on the second day of demonstrations against the increase in gasoline prices. He was shot in the head and died before reaching the hospital.
Pouya Bakhtiari (born September 10, 1992; died November 16, 2019, in Mehrshahr, Karaj) was among those killed during Iran’s nationwide protests of 2019.
