HRANA – Political prisoner Shahin Zoghi-Tabar is serving his sentence in Greater Tehran Prison. He was recently sentenced to 10 years in prison by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court.

Recently, this political prisoner was sentenced to 10 years in prison by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Iman Afshari. The sentence was issued on charges of membership in opposition groups, “spreading falsehoods,” “propaganda against the regime,” and “insulting the Supreme Leader.” His trial session was held on August 17 in the aforementioned court.

Zoghi-Tabar was arrested on July 24 at his residence in Tehran and subsequently transferred to Greater Tehran Prison. During his arrest, security forces searched his home and confiscated several personal belongings, including the mobile phones of him and his family.

Zoghi-Tabar, a former political prisoner, had previously been sentenced to five years in prison on the charge of “assembly and collusion against national security through cooperation with the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).” He was released in 2017 after completing his sentence in Rajai Shahr Prison, Karaj.