Five female teachers and three other union activists in Kerman have been sentenced to a combined 8.5 years in prison on national security and anti-state propaganda charges.
Eight teachers’ union activists in Iran’s southeastern province of Kerman — including five female teachers — have been sentenced to prison by Branch 1 of the Kerman Revolutionary Court on charges related to national security.
The women sentenced are Fatemeh Yazdani, Mitra Nikpour, Zahra Azizi, Leila Afshar, and Shahnaz Rezaei Sharifabadi. According to the verdict, each has received six months in prison for “membership in a hostile group with the intent to disrupt national security” and an additional four months for “propaganda against the state.”
The remaining defendants — Majid Naderi, Hossein Rashidi Zarandi, and Mohammadreza Behzadpour — received similar sentences, bringing the total combined prison term for the group to 8 years and 6 months.
These activists had previously been summoned to the Kerman Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office on June 9, 2025.
