Azam Khajeh Javadi, Labor Day Detainee, Sentenced to Seven Years Imprisonment and 74 Lashes

Azam Khajeh Javadi, a member of the Free Union of Iranian Workers, has been sentenced by the Revolutionary Court to seven years imprisonment and 74 lashes.

The Telegram channel of the Free Union of Iranian Workers reported on Monday, August 28, that Azam (Nasrin) Khajeh Javadi, a member of the Free Union of Iranian Workers and one of those detained on International Workers’ Day, has been sentenced by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court on charges of “gathering and conspiracy to act against national security,” “propaganda against the system,” and “disrupting public order” to a total of seven years imprisonment and 74 lashes.

The court hearing regarding Ms. Khajeh Javadi’s charges was held on July 5 of the current year. According to the issued verdict, this labor activist has also been sentenced to supplementary punishments including “deprivation of access to smartphones and similar devices” and “prohibition from membership in political and social parties, groups, and organizations.”

This labor activist and retired medical equipment worker and retiree of social security was arrested on Wednesday, April 1, during the International Workers’ Day gathering in front of the Islamic Consultative Assembly. On Wednesday, May 29, after 29 days of detention, she was temporarily released from Qarchak Prison in Varamin pending the completion of legal proceedings upon bail payment.

Following the mass arrest of citizens and civil activists on International Workers’ Day, the Persian-language Twitter page of the U.S. State Department criticized the detention of Iranian labor activists on International Workers’ Day.

The U.S. State Department stated that the Islamic Republic regime could have paid the wages of workers in Iran with the amount it has spent in Syria.

Source: Voice of America