HRANA – Reza (Abdolreza) Amanifar, Asghar Hajeb, and Roghayeh Torabpour, members of the Bushehr Province Teachers’ Trade Association, have been sentenced to a combined total of 12 years, six months, and one day in prison, along with additional penalties.

According to HRANA, citing the Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations, three teachers’ union activists in Bushehr Province have been sentenced to imprisonment and additional penalties.

According to the report, a judicial authority sentenced Reza (Abdolreza) Amanifar, Asghar Hajeb, and Roghayeh Torabpour to prison terms and additional penalties on charges of “collaboration in political, cultural, and propaganda activities against national security.”

Under the verdict, Amanifar was sentenced to 10 years and one day in prison, Hajeb to two years in prison, and Torabpour to six months in prison, with time already served in detention credited toward her sentence. As additional penalties, each of the three was also sentenced to permanent dismissal from government and public service positions and confiscation of their electronic devices.

The report did not provide further details, including the date the verdict was issued or the judicial authority responsible for issuing it.

In September of this year, Reza (Abdolreza) Amanifar and Asghar Hajeb were summoned to court in separate cases.

On April 4, 2026, Reza Amanifar was arrested by security forces in Bushehr and remains in prison.

Hajeb was also arrested by security forces on April 22, 2026, and was subsequently released from prison on bail on May 26, 2026.

Abdolreza Amanifar, an inspector for the Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations and a member of the Bushehr Teachers’ Trade Association, and Asghar Hajeb, a member of the Bushehr Province Teachers’ Trade Association, have both previously faced judicial action in connection with their activities.