Labor activist, Pedram Nasrollahi, was sentenced to 19 months in prison by the appeals court of Sanandaj, Iran.
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EU’s Ashton appeals to Iran to stay activist’s execution
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Tuesday urged Iran to stay the execution of activist Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani, sentenced for allegedly supporting the People’s Mujahedeen of Iran.
Court Of Appeals Upheld Ten Year Sentence of University of Texas Doctoral Student Omid Kokabee
Branch 36 of the Court of Appeals has upheld the 10 year imprisonment sentence of Omid Kokabee. According to reports by Jaras, Kokabee’s lawyers have not been allowed to visit with him.
Court Of Appeals Has Issued It’s Ruling For Three Political Activists In Tabriz
According to reports by the Human Rights Activists News Agency, East Azarbaijan political activists Ebrahim Farajzadeh, Reza Abri and Ali Hossein Tahamtan Iranegh, all arrested during the burial services of Changiz Bakhtavar on December 29, 2009, have been sentenced by the Court Appeals from six months to a year in prison.
Appeals Court Upheld Heavy Prison Terms for Labor Activists in Tabriz
The Appeals Court has upheld heavy prison sentences issued for four leftist labor activists from Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province.
Appeals Court Upholds Verdicts of Panahi, Malekpour, Tajik
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.
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
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.”
UN Rights Investigator Appeals for Iranian Access
A newly appointed U.N. special investigator has renewed calls for Iran to cooperate in a probe of alleged human rights abuses.