Reza Arabpour Sentenced to 15 Years Following 2022 Protests in Izeh

Reza Arabpour Sentenced to 15 Years Following 2022 Protests in Izeh

Reza Arabpour, one of the detainees from the 2022 nationwide protests in Izeh, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by Branch 4 of the Ahvaz Revolutionary Court.

According to his defense attorney, Hossein Ali Hatami, Mr. Arabpour was convicted on charges of “aiding and abetting moharebeh” (enmity against God) but was acquitted of charges related to participation in rebel groups. Mr. Hatami also stated that Mr. Arabpour’s vehicle has been released and that they plan to appeal the verdict. Before the issuance of this verdict, Arabpour was released on bail on September 28, 2024, after spending 21 months in detention.

On October 6, 2023, the same court acquitted several other defendants in the case—Bahman Bahmani, Mohsen Ahmadpour, Behrooz Salahshoor, Rasoul Bodaghi, Vahid Abbasi, Sadegh Ghasemi, and Esmail Mousavi Nazari—of charges including moharebeh, “corruption on earth,” and membership in groups opposing the regime.

A few months later, the joint indictment of these individuals on charges of moharebeh, corruption on earth, and forming rebel groups was referred to Branch 4 of the Ahvaz Revolutionary Court.

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