Another Labor Day protest detainee sentenced to prison, flogging, and exile
Seyyed Rasoul Taleb Moghaddam, a member of the workers' union of the Vahed Company, was sentenced to prison, flogging, and exile by the Revolutionary Court.
According to news published on social media, Seyyed Rasoul Taleb Moghaddam, a driver for Vahed Company and a member of the Vahed Company workers' union, has been sentenced by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Afshari, to two years in prison, 74 lashes, and two years of exile to the Afraiz region of Sadeh Province, South Khorasan Province, on charges of "propaganda activity against the regime" and "disturbing public order."
The hearing on the case of this labor activist was held on Wednesday, August 13, and according to published information, the basis for issuing this verdict was reports from the IRGC Intelligence Organization and the Ministry of Intelligence.
Two years of ban on using a smartphone and a ban on membership in political and social groups, parties, and gangs are two other sentences issued in the court verdict against Mr. Taleb Moghadam.
Seyyed Rasoul Taleb Moghaddam was arrested by security forces in front of the parliament on International Labor Day (May 1st) and was temporarily released from Ward 209 of Evin Prison on bail of 280 million Tomans until the end of the trial.
Previously, Ishaq Roohi, a labor activist from Sanandaj, who was arrested in Sanandaj on International Labor Day (May 1), was sentenced to one year in prison by the Sanandaj Revolutionary Court on charges of "propaganda against the system."
In recent months, following the intensification of labor protests, the Iranian government's security crackdown on labor activists has increased.
The US State Department has repeatedly condemned the violent confrontations and widespread repression of protesters, as well as the repeated and persistent violations of the rights of Iranian citizens, including workers, by the ruling regime in that country, and has said that the Islamic Republic's regime could have paid for the salaries of workers in Iran with the money it spent in Syria.
Source: Voice of America
