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Three Members of Bushehr Teachers’ Trade Association Sentenced to Prison and Additional Penalties

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Asghar Hajeb, HRANA, Reza Amanifar, Roghayeh Torabpour, رضا امانیفر

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.

Seven Arrested Teachers Released, Four Teachers’ Detention Extended

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Ardeshir Sayyadi, Asghar Hajeb, Bushehr, Fereydoun Shafiee, Hamid Khojasteh, Mahmood Melaki, Mariwan, Mohammad Melaki, Mohammad-Reza Akbari, Mohsen Omrani, Naser Zendeh-boodi, ranian Teachers’ Trade Association, Reza Amanifar, Yousef Sayyadi

On Monday, May 2, 2022, seven teachers who had been arrested during teachers’ protests in Bushehr were freed, while four teachers’ pretrial detentions were extended by 72 days.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, seven teachers who were arrested during the teachers’ protest in Bushehr last Sunday were released and four teachers’ detention was extended by 72 days.

Reportedly, these released teachers have been identified as Hamid Khojasteh, Mohammad-Reza Akbari, Ardeshir Sayyadi, Yousef Sayyadi, Fereydoun Shafiee, Mohammad Melaki and Naser Zendeh-boodi. The detentions of four teachers identified as Reza Amanifar, Asghar Hajeb, Mohsen Omrani and Mahmood Melaki were extended by72 days by the order of the prosecutor’s office.

These teachers had been arrested by the police in Bushehr last Sunday.

On Sunday, May 1, in response to a call by the Coordination Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Association, the retired and working teachers in 45 cities assembled in front of the building of the Ministry of Education. In Mariwan and Bushehr, these protests were attacked by the police and several protestors were arrested.