Iran Sentences Three Dissidents to 20 Years in Prison
The Iranian regime has sentenced three political activists, a mother and two of her children, to 20 years in prison, according to Iran Human Rights Monitor.
In a trial at Tehran Revolutionary Court Branch 23, presided over by judge Mohammad Mehdi Shahmirzadi, political prisoner Zahra Safaei, her daughter Parastoo Moini, and her son Mohammad Masoud Moini were given harsh sentences for their activism.
Safaei was sentenced to five years for “assembly and collusion”, one year for “spreading propaganda against the state”, and two years for “insulting [Supreme Leader Ali] Khamenei and [regime founder Ruhollah] Khomeini”, to make a total of eight years. Her children were each given six years; five years for “assembly and collusion” and one year for “spreading propaganda against the state”.
All three have denied the charges.
Safaei, born in1962, is the daughter of celebrated Tehran Bazaar merchant Hassan Ali Safaei, who was a political prisoner under the Shah and executed by the mullahs in 1981.
Read the complete article at: Iran News Update
