HRANA – The prison sentence of Donya Hosseini has been upheld in full by Branch 36 of the Tehran Province Court of Appeals. Ms. Hosseini had previously been sentenced by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court to three years and six months of imprisonment.

Based on information received by HRANA, Ms. Hosseini was sentenced by Branch 36 of the Tehran Court of Appeals, presided over by Judge Khojasteh, to three years and six months in prison on the charge of “propaganda against the regime in support of strengthening the Israeli government.” This sentence had originally been issued at the preliminary stage by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Iman Afshari.

Donya Hosseini, also known by the alias “Donya Azad,” aged 36, was arrested in Tehran by security forces on June 16 of this year and released from Qarchak Varamin Prison on Sunday, August 3, after posting bail of 3 billion tomans.

In 2023, Ms. Hosseini was also sentenced in a separate case to five years of suspended imprisonment and a monetary fine.