Mahsa Yazdani was sentenced to 13 years in jail for seeking justice for her slain son
Mahsa Yazdani was summoned, today, Thursday, December 14, 2023, to report to the Office of the Implementation of Verdicts within three days to serve her five years of prison time for seeking justice for her son. She has another son, only four years old.
The First Branch of the Revolutionary Court of Sari had handed down a 13-year sentence to Mahsa Yazdani, the mother of a slain protester, Mohammad Javad Zahedi.
The first branch of the Revolutionary Court has sentenced Mahsa Yazdani to two counts of five-year sentences for “insulting the sanctities” and “provoking people against national security.” She is sentenced to two years for insulting Ali Khamenei, and to one year in prison for “activities against the Islamic Republic.” These make a total of 13 years. According to the clerical regime’s punishment law, Mrs. Yazdani would have to serve five years in prison.
Branch 8 of the Revision Court of Mazandaran Province upheld this verdict.
Security forces in Sari, the capital of Mazandaran Province, arrested Mahsa Yazdani on August 22, 2023, before the anniversary of last year’s Iran protests.
Mahsa Yazdani was temporarily released on 1.5 billion Toman bail on October 12, 2023.
Mohammad Javad Zahedi, 20, was shot and killed from close range with a pellet gun by security forces on September 22, 2022.
The NCRI Women’s Committee condemns the inhuman sentences issued by the mullahs’ regime for the families of slain protesters who seek justice for them and calls on human rights advocates and the UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in Iran and the United Nations fact-finding mission to inquire about these cases and hold the regime accountable.
