Revolutionary Court Sentences: One Bookseller and Two Student Activists to Over 7 Years in Prison
Yashar Tohidi, a student activist, announced his conviction by posting a statement on Twitter, along with Mohammad Iran-Nejad, a bookseller based in Tehran, and Sara Askari, a student at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Tehran, in a joint case.
Yashar Tohidi, a student activist based in Tehran, announced the news on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, in a Twitter thread. He, as the second defendant in the case, and Mohammad Iran-Nejad, as the first defendant in the case, have each been sentenced by the Revolutionary Court to 3 years and 5 months in prison on charges of “acting against national security through membership in left-wing Marxist groups” and “propaganda against the system.”
Mr. Tohidi further stated in his Twitter thread that Sara Askari has been sentenced to 6 months in prison and a fine of 7 million tomans on charges of “spreading false information,” which has been suspended for 5 years.
Mohammad Iran-Nejad, a bookseller based in Tehran, also confirmed the news in his Twitter post, stating that the verdict was issued by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, and only 2 years and 9 months of the sentence will be enforceable on the charge of acting against national security through membership in left-wing Marxist groups.
