HRANA – Branch 16 of the Khuzestan Province Court of Appeals has sentenced political prisoner Mohammad Asadi, who is currently held in Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz, to two years in prison. In the initial trial, he had been sentenced to two years of imprisonment along with supplementary punishments.

Based on the ruling issued by Branch 16 of the Khuzestan Province Court of Appeals, Mohammad Asadi was sentenced to two years in prison on the charge of “disrupting public order.” The supplementary punishments imposed in the initial ruling were removed from his sentence.

Previously, during the initial stage of proceedings, Branch 1 of the Ahvaz Revolutionary Court had sentenced him to two years in prison on the same charge. The Revolutionary Court judge had also imposed supplementary punishments, including a two-year travel ban and one year of mandatory attendance at the Office for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. The specific acts forming the basis of the charges against this political prisoner remain unknown.

Mohammad Asadi was arrested on January 14, 2026, and is currently being held in Sheiban Prison, Ahvaz.