Tag: Maryam Kian Ersi

Sasan Chaman-Ara Arrested by Security Forces in Ilam

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Ilam, Maryam Kian Ersi, Sasan Chaman Ara

HRANA – Yesterday, July 16, Sasan Chaman-Ara, a resident of Ilam, was arrested by security forces in the city and taken to an undisclosed location.

Maryam Kian Ersi, Mr. Chaman-Ara’s lawyer, announced in a statement that her client was arrested yesterday in Ilam and transferred to an unknown location.

On Monday, July 14, Mr. Chaman-Ara had received a summons to appear before Branch 4 of the Ilam Prosecutor’s Office for a defense regarding the charge of “unauthorized access to data, computer systems, or telecommunications systems.” His arrest took place despite the fact that the five-day deadline for him to appear before the judicial authority had not yet expired.

Sasan Chaman-Ara, a 36-year-old resident of Ilam, has previously been arrested and convicted.

Actress Hanieh Tavassoli Receives Suspended Imprisonment and Fine

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Hanieh Tavassoli, HRANA, Maryam Kian Ersi, Tehran, هانیه توسلی

The Tehran Revolutionary Court has handed actress Hanieh Tavassoli a six-month prison sentence and a 15 million-toman fine. The prison term has been suspended for three years.

The court found Tavassoli guilty of “dissemination of false information to disturb public opinion,” as announced by her lawyer, Maryam Kian Ersi.

On October 29, 2023, the Tehran Prosecutor indicted eight cinema practitioners, including Tavassoli, for disseminating false information. Tavassoli was apprehended by security forces on September 16 of this year and subsequently released on bail the following day.

Filmmaker Mostafa Al-Ahmad’s Sentence Upheld on Appeal

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Maryam Kian Ersi, Mohammad Rasoulof, Mostafa Al-Ahmad

Recently, the Tehran Court of Appeals upheld the sentence against filmmaker Mostafa Al-Ahmad. Earlier,  Al-Ahmad was sentenced to six years and four months, paying a fine, being banned from leaving the country for two years, and other additional punishments.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, filmmaker Mostafa Al-Ahmad was sentenced to six years and four months in prison by the Tehran Court of Appeals.

According to his lawyer, Maryam Kian Ersi, Al-Ahmad has been sentenced to three years and eight months for “assembly and collusion against national security,” eight months for “propaganda against the regime,” and two years and 150-million fine for “spreading falsehood.”

On July 8, 2022, security forces arrested Al-Ahmad and another director Mohammad Rasoulof for issuing a statement titled “Put Your Gun Down.” Later, on August 10, 2022, he was released on bail until the end of legal proceedings.