In the past few days the Tehran Appeals Court announced its upheld sentences for prisoners of conscience Abdolreza Tajik, Jafar Panahi, and Saeed Malekpour, without changing their lower court rulings.
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Three-year prison sentence for Fereydoon Seidi-Rad upheld at appeals court
Iran’s appellate court has upheld the verdict of 3 years behind bars for political prisoner Fereydoon Seidi-Rad
Iranian pastor’s case returned for further investigation
Iran’s Supreme Court says the case of Youcef Nadarkhani, an Iranian pastor charged with apostasy, is incomplete.
Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Disbarment Court Session Cancelled
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Reza Khandan, Nasrin Sotoudeh’s husband, said that the second court session reviewing her disbarment was cancelled.
Ghasem Sholeh-Sadi Taken to Court
Dr. Ghasem Sholeh-Sadi was taken to court from Evin Prison and was tried.
Iranian Deputy Says Female Defendants Should Not Wear Chador In Court
Iranian parliament deputy Laleh Eftekhari has criticized female defendants who appear in court wearing the compulsory chador, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports.
Appeals Court Reduces Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Sentence to 6 Years in Prison
Prominent Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh is on the front page of today’s issue of the Times, with the title, “The lawyer who was jailed for daring to defend freedom.”
Iran court sentences a man to 10 years for spying
An Iranian court jailed a man to 10 years for spying, the official news agency IRNA reported on Monday.
Iranian Academic Charged As ‘Enemy Of God’ Brands Court Illegal
A former chancellor of Tehran University charged with waging war against God has told the court hearing his case that it is illegal, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports.
Iran ‘annuls death term’ for Christian pastor
Christian Armenian Iranian women select a Christmas tree in Tehran in 2001. Iran’s supreme court has overturned a death sentence handed down to Yusef Nadarkhani, a Christian pastor accused of apostasy for having converted from Islam, his lawyer told AFP on Sunday.