Six-Year Prison Sentence for Farhad Meisami, Civil Activist, Upheld in Appellate Court

According to Mohammad Moghimi, the defense lawyer of Farhad Meisami, the six-year prison sentence of this political prisoner has been upheld exactly as is in the appellate court.

Mr. Moghimi announced on Saturday on social media that this sentence was delivered to his client at Evin Prison, but has not yet been delivered to him personally.

According to the defense lawyer of Mr. Meisami, the six-year prison sentence has been upheld exactly as is, but “two years of deprivation of social rights has been reduced to one year.”

امروز ۹۸/۵/۱۹ حکم دادگاه تجدیدنظر به موکلم فرهاد میثمی در زندان اوین ابلاغ شد. ۶ سال حبس (۵ سال بابت اتهام اجتماع و تبانی علیه امنیت ملی و ۱ سال بابت تبلیغ علیه نظام) عینا تایید شده و ۲ سال محرومیت از حقوق اجتماعی به یکسال کاهش یافته است.
این حکم هنوز به اینجانب ابلاغ نشده است. pic.twitter.com/tW7c0ps6r6

— Mohammad Moghimi (@DUSrp0Boo1KdJmr) August 10, 2019

Farhad Meisami, a physician and civil activist, was arrested at his workplace last August and was charged with “propaganda against the state” and “assembly and conspiracy against national security.”

Sedighe Pishnamaz, Mr. Meisami’s mother, said in an interview with Radio Farda that the reason for her son’s arrest was possessing a number of badges on which was written “I protest against mandatory hijab.”

Source: Radio Farda