HRANA News Agency – The Court of Appeals in Hamedan Province has upheld a one-year prison sentence for Fereshteh Souri.
As stated in the verdict issued by Branch 11 of the Hamedan Province Court of Appeals, which was delivered to Ms. Souri, she has been sentenced to one year of imprisonment on the charge of “propaganda against the regime.”
In the preliminary stage, Souri and her husband, Ali Jahanian, were tried and convicted in March 2025 by Branch 1 of the Nahavand Revolutionary Court. Each was sentenced to one year in prison in Nahavand. After Ali Jahanian accepted the ruling, the judge reduced his sentence by only 18 days.
The couple was released on bail on November 11, 2024, after spending 64 days in detention.
A source close to the family told HRANA that “during her interrogation at the Ministry of Intelligence, Ms. Souri was subjected to verbal abuse and physical assault.”
Ali Jahanian, a poet and political activist based in Nahavand, has previously been arrested for his activism.