In recent news from Iran, several individuals have been facing legal repercussions for their alleged activities. Negar Davoudi, a software student at Ilam University, has been sentenced to two years in prison and additional punishments by the Court of Appeals of Ilam Province.
Davoudi was initially convicted by the Revolutionary Court of Ilam on December 19, 2022, on charges of assembly and collusion with the intention of acting against national security. The appeal court’s decision imposes a two-year prison sentence, a two-year ban on leaving the country, one year of free work for the welfare department, and 200 hours of participation in Quranic teaching and interpretation classes.
In other news, labor activist Reyhaneh Ansari Nejad has been summoned to the 2nd Investigation Branch of the General and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office of the 33rd District of Tehran, Evin Prison. Ms. Ansari Nejad was arrested on May 12, 2022, during a raid by Ministry of Intelligence agents on her home. She was detained for almost three months, including in solitary confinement, in Ward 209 of Evin Prison and was released on August 6, 2022, on a bail of 1.5 billion tomans.
Additionally, the interrogation session of attorney Fereshteh Tabanian was held on February 20, 2023, in the General and Revolutionary Court of Ahvaz. Tabanian defended herself against accusations of propaganda activity against the state, publication of falsities, assembly and collusion, membership in hostile groups, and insulting the leadership. The Ministry of Intelligence recently opened this case against Tabanian, who was released after the investigation session by posting bail of 400 million tomans.
Tabanian has previously represented two of the detainees of the November 2019 protests in Mahshahr and a number of the detainees of the recent nationwide protests. In December 2022, Branch 1 of the Mahshahr Revolutionary Court sentenced her to three months in prison on the charge of propaganda against the state.
