Two Year Prison Sentence Upheld for Jailed Lawyer Mohammad Seifzadeh

 

Rahana – Mohammad Seifzadeh has been sentenced to 2 years in prison.

According to his family, he is currently held in Ward 350 of Evin Prison and bail has been issued for his charge of illegally exiting the country.

He had previously been sentenced to 9 years in prison and a ban on his law practice for anti-regime propaganda and establishing the Human Rights Defenders Committee.

The appeals court has reduced the sentence to 2 years.