Two-Year Prison Sentence for Women’s Rights Activist Upheld in Appeals Court; Crime: Protesting Mandatory Hijab

The two-year prison sentence for Raha Ahmadi, a women’s rights activist, which was previously issued by the Revolutionary Court, has been upheld by the Appeals Court.

Ali Sharifzad, the defense lawyer for Raha Ahmadi, announced in a post on Twitter that the two-year prison sentence for this women’s rights activist, which was previously issued by Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court on charges of assembly and conspiracy, has been exactly upheld by Branch 36 of the Appeals Court. This female women’s rights activist was among the women who protested mandatory hijab in Iran.

According to this judicial lawyer, this women’s rights activist, who has been in temporary detention for approximately nine months, has not been granted a single day of leave.

The U.S. State Department says the Iranian regime has arrested thousands of protesters, civil activists, workers’ representatives, and members of other professions over the past two years.

The United States has repeatedly condemned in various cases the violent crackdowns and widespread suppression of protesters and civil activists, as well as the repeated and continuous violation of the rights of Iranian citizens by the ruling regime of that country.

Source: Voice of America