Prison Sentence of Rezvaneh Ahmad Khanbigi, Imprisoned Civil Activist, Upheld in Appeals Court
The six-year prison sentence of Rezvaneh Ahmad Khanbigi, an imprisoned civil activist in Iran that was previously issued by the Revolutionary Court, has been upheld by the Appeals Court.
An informed source told Voice of America on Monday, April 11, that the six-year prison sentence of Rezvaneh Khanbigi, which was issued in December of last year by Branch 24 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court on charges of “gathering and conspiracy with intent to commit crimes against national security” and “propaganda activities against the Islamic Republic of Iran,” was upheld in full by Branch 36 of the Tehran Province Appeals Court, headed by Judge Zargar, with the rejection of this civil activist’s appeals and objections.
This sentence was issued for this civil activist while, according to Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code regarding the aggregation of sentences, only five years of this sentence concerning the charge of gathering and conspiracy with intent to commit crimes against national security will be executable.
Previously, Voice of America reported in a dispatch that the hearing on Rezvaneh Ahmad Khanbigi’s case was held on Friday, February 1, 2020, and the prison sentence for this civil activist was issued on Saturday, February 2 of that year by Judge Mohammad Reza Amouzadeh, head of Branch 24 of the Revolutionary Court “based on a report from the Sepah Intelligence Organization.”
The prison sentence for this civil activist has been upheld by the Appeals Court while she was previously sentenced in another case by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court on charges of “gathering and conspiracy against national security” and “propaganda against the Islamic system” to four years and five months in prison, and this sentence was also upheld in full by Branch 36 of the Tehran Appeals Court.
Rezvaneh Ahmad Khanbigi, a civil activist imprisoned in Evin Prison who suffers from multiple illnesses including epilepsy and seizures, is among the prisoners who have not been able to obtain a furlough since the outbreak of the coronavirus in Iran and continues to serve her sentence in prison to this day.
The United States has repeatedly condemned violent confrontations and widespread suppression of protesters and civil activists in various cases, as well as repeated and continuous violations of the rights of Iranian citizens by the ruling regime of that country.
Source: Voice of America
