The Tehran Court of Appeals recently upheld five years and eight months sentence against Kamal Abdollahzadeh arrested during nationwide protests.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, Kamal Abdollahzadeh was sentenced to five years and eight months in prison for “assembly and collusion against national security” and “propaganda against the regime.”

On September 28, 2022, Abdollahzadeh was arrested and jailed at Great Tehran Penitentiary. He was released on bail on December 17, 2022.

Since the beginning of nationwide protests, over 19620 people, including journalists, artists, lawyers, teachers, students and civil rights activists, have been arrested. So far, over protests, at least 775 people have been sentenced to a total of about 13969 months imprisonment.