The Revolutionary Court sentenced Gonabadi Dervish Mohsen Afrooz to one year in prison. Afrooz was arrested amid nationwide protests and has been jailed in Damavand Prison since late October 2022.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, Mohsen Afrooz, a follower of a Sufist religious minority known as Gonabadi Dervishes, was sentenced to one year in prison on the charge of “Propaganda against the regime.”
Afrooz was arrested in Firuzkuh, Tehran Province, for allegedly writing slogans on the wall. He has been jailed in Damavand Prison since his arrest in late October.
Afrooz faced other arrests and convictions on prior occasions.