HRANA – Mohammad Tarighat Esfanjani, an attorney and member of the East Azerbaijan Bar Association, has been sentenced to three years in discretionary imprisonment by the Revolutionary Court of Osku County, East Azerbaijan province.

According to HRANA, Mohammad Tarighat Esfanjani has been sentenced to prison. Based on the ruling, which was recently issued by the Revolutionary Court of Osku County and formally communicated to Tarighat Esfanjani, he was sentenced to one year in prison on the charge of “propaganda against the regime” and two years of discretionary imprisonment for “insulting the Supreme Leader” and the founder of the Islamic Republic.

Publishing content on his Instagram page was cited as evidence supporting the charges against Mr. Tarighat Esfanjani.

Mohammad Tarighat Esfanjani is an attorney and a member of the East Azerbaijan Province Bar Association. Last year, he was reportedly attacked and beaten by individuals wearing military uniforms. His wife was also threatened during the incident.