Iran sentences human rights lawyer to 1.5 years of prison

Thursday, Feb 03, 2011

Attorney-at-law Khalil Bahramian was sentenced to one and a half years of prison by the 28th branch of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran on charges of spreading propaganda against the government, and insulting the head of the Judiciary. Bahramian, who is a member of the Global Committee Against Killing and Execution in Paris and Scandinavia represented a large number of political and social activists including Akbar Mohammadi (killed under torture), Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, Khaled Hardani, Ahmad Batebi and a large number of Kurd political prisoners including (executed political prisoners) Farzad Kamangar and Shirin Alam Houli. (Mukerian News Agency – Feb. 2, 2011)

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