The Court of Appeals of Tehran Province has upheld the prison sentence and fine for Dina Ghalibaf, a journalist and student at Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran. Previously, she was sentenced by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court to two years in prison and a fine, with the sentences suspended for five years.
According to the ruling recently issued by the Court of Appeals of Tehran Province and communicated to Ms. Ghalibaf’s defense lawyer, she has been sentenced to two years in prison, including time already served, and a fine of fifteen million tomans to be paid to the state treasury for the charge of “spreading falsehoods.” The issued sentences against Ms. Ghalibaf have been suspended for five years.
Part of the issued verdict states that “the defendant, under a supervisory suspension, is required to refrain from associating and interacting with individuals active in political or social fields.”
In May of this year, Ghalibaf was convicted of the aforementioned charge by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Iman Afshari. During this stage of the trial, she was acquitted of the charges of “defying the officers” and “engaging in propaganda activities against the regime.”
Ms. Ghalibaf was arrested in Tehran on Tuesday, April 16, and after a few days, she was transferred to the women’s ward of Evin Prison.
After the completion of interrogations and her transfer to the women’s ward of Evin Prison, Narges Mohammadi, a human rights activist imprisoned in Evin, shared her account in an audio message, describing Dina Ghalibaf as “having bruises on her body and recounting sexual abuse.”
Ghalibaf was released from Evin Prison on May 1 of this year upon posting bail.
Ms. Ghalibaf, aged around 23, is a journalist, student activist, and undergraduate student in political science at Shahid Beheshti University. She has collaborated with news agencies such as ISNA and EghtesadOnline.
She was previously summoned to the university’s disciplinary committee in 2023 after participating in a student protest at the university, which was held in response to the execution of the defendants in the Isfahan house case.
