The Amol Revolutionary Court sentenced Mohammad Fatahi, arrested during nationwide protests, to two years in prison, banned from leaving the country for two years and paying a fine.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, Mohammad Fatahi was sentenced to two years in prison for “assembly and collusion against national security” and “propaganda against the regime.”
On November 7, 2022, Fatahi was arrested by intelligence agents for attending the commemoration ceremony on the 40th day of Ghazaleh Chalabi’s death, one of the protestors killed by the regime forces. According to an informed source, Fatahi was beaten during the arrest and held in solitary confinement for ten days.
On December 25, 2022, Fatahi was released on one-billion bail.
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 776 people have been sentenced to a total of about 13981 months imprisonment.