Tag: 18-Month Prison Sentence

Scholar’s 18-Month Prison Sentence for Questioning Nuclear Program Commuted to Fines

  A Tehran appeals court has reduced the 18-month prison sentence originally handed down to Sadegh Zibakalam, a Tehran University professor and political analyst, for his public questioning of Iran’s nuclear program and his criticism of the trial process in a state corruption case, to a five million toman fine (approximately $1,600). In a blog […]