A Citizen from Torbat Heydarieh Sentenced to 14 Years and Six Months in Prison

Yaseen Jamali Kasrineh, a resident of Torbat Heydarieh, was sentenced to 14 years and six months in prison by the Tehran Revolutionary Court.

According to a report by the Campaign to Defend Political and Civil Prisoners, this citizen from Torbat Heydarieh, who was arrested by security forces in June of this year, was sentenced on Wednesday, December 4, by Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court under the presiding judge Salwati, on charges of “assembly and conspiracy against the system,” “propaganda against the system,” “insulting the leadership,” and “insulting sacred values,” to a total of 14 years and six months in prison.

This sentence was issued for Mr. Jamali Kasrineh in circumstances where, if confirmed and according to Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code regarding the aggregation of sentences, only 5 years and six months of this sentence would be enforceable.

According to the report, Yaseen Jamali Kasrineh was sentenced to 5 years and six months in prison for the charge of “assembly and conspiracy against the system,” 5 years and six months for “insulting sacred values,” one year in prison for “propaganda against the system,” and 2 years and six months for “insulting the leadership.”

Based on available information, this citizen from Torbat Heydarieh was arrested on June 3 by eleven security officers in Torbat Heydarieh and one day after his arrest, following the issuance of a one-month detention order by the First Branch of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecution Office of Torbat Heydarieh, he was transferred to the Feta Police Detention Center in Qom.

According to the Campaign to Defend Political and Civil Prisoners, Yaseen Jamali Kasrineh, after completing his interrogations, was initially transferred to Qom Coastal Prison and later to Evin Prison, and finally on September 6, with a bail deposit of 200 million tomans, he was temporarily released from prison pending the completion of legal proceedings.

The report also states that Mr. Jamali Kasrineh was transferred several times during his detention from Qom Coastal Prison to the Information Ministry’s Detention Center and the Feta Police Detention Center of this city to obtain forced confessions.

This is not the first time an Iranian citizen has been sentenced to lengthy prison terms by the Revolutionary Court and Iran’s judicial system. Previously, Atallah Rezaei, a resident of Qom who was arrested by security forces in June of this year, was sentenced by Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court under the presiding judge Salwati on charges of “assembly and conspiracy against the system,” “propaganda against the system,” and “insulting the leadership” to a total of 8 years in prison.

Amnesty International called 2018 a “year of shame” for the Islamic Republic last month and announced that more than seven thousand people, including protest participants, students, journalists, women’s rights activists, environmental activists, labor activists, and ethnic and religious minority rights activists, were arrested in Iran during that year.

The U.S. State Department has repeatedly condemned the violent dealings of the Islamic Republic’s regime with the Iranian people under various pretexts, including its treatment of freedom of choice in dress, as well as the repeated and continuous violations of the rights of Iranian citizens by regime agents.

Source: Voice of America