Healthcare Worker Yousef Dehghani Sentenced to Prison, Exile, Flogging, and a Fine

HRANA – Yousef Dehghani, a healthcare worker and one of those arrested during the January 2026 protests in Qorveh, has been sentenced to one year in prison, a two-year suspended prison term, two years of internal exile, 31 lashes, and a fine.

According to HRANA, citing Kolbarnews, Yousef Dehghani, a healthcare worker in Qorveh, has been sentenced to multiple punishments by the city’s Criminal and Revolutionary Courts, several months after his arrest.

According to the report, the Qorveh Criminal Court, presided over by Judge Hadi Khani, sentenced Dehghani to one year in prison, two years of internal exile in the city of Zabol, and 31 lashes.

In a separate part of the same case, the Qorveh Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Hossein Bigdelou, sentenced him to a two-year suspended prison term and a fine. The amount of the fine has not been disclosed.

Yousef Dehghani was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence agents at his workplace in a hospital during the January 2026 protests.