One year in prison for the manager of the University of Science and Technology news Telegram channel
Amirreza Mojard, the director of the student Telegram channel News of the University of Science and Technology, was sentenced to one year in prison by the Tehran Criminal Court on charges of republishing a critical image on the subject of Ashura in 2018.
Amirreza Mojard, the director of the student Telegram channel “Akhbar Daneshgah Alm va Sanat” (News of the University of Science and Technology), was sentenced to one year in prison by the Tehran Criminal Court on charges of reposting a critical image on the subject of Ashura. His lawyer confirmed the news on Twitter on Sunday, January 26.
Mohammad Ali Kamfirozi, Amir Reza Mojard's lawyer, wrote about this ruling that in October 2018, he was summoned to the Evin District Court for publishing a video on the subject of "the possible behavior of some modern-day mourners of Imam Hussein during the Ashura uprising in Kufa" on the Telegram channel of Amir Reza Mojard University of Science and Technology.
After appearing before the prosecutor's office, he was arrested and a case was opened against him on charges of "propaganda activity against the Islamic Republic" and "insulting sacred places." According to him, "Republishing this image does not constitute a crime from a legal perspective."
Kamfirozi said that his client was initially sentenced to 8 months in prison on charges of “propaganda against the regime,” which was pardoned. However, he was tried again for the same reason, this time on charges of “insulting the sacred,” by the Tehran Criminal Court and sentenced to one year in prison without permission to defend himself.
According to this lawyer, the Tehran Criminal Court's verdict is "flawed and wrong."
Kamfirozi wrote about the ruling on his personal Twitter page: "Everything irrelevant was talked about except the subject of the case; from "the country's currency independence" to "liberating man from animal and jungle beliefs" and "insulting the humanities," but without even two lines of legal argument."
Source: DW
