HRANA – The three-year prison sentence issued against Karim Jalilzadeh, a Tehran resident and one of those arrested during the January 2026 protests, has been upheld in full by Branch 36 of the Tehran Province Court of Appeals. He had previously been sentenced to three years of discretionary imprisonment by the Tehran Revolutionary Court.

According to HRANA, Karim Jalilzadeh has been sentenced to imprisonment.

Based on information received by HRANA, Branch 36 of the Tehran Province Court of Appeals sentenced Mr. Jalilzadeh to three years of discretionary imprisonment on the charge of “assembly and collusion to act against national security.”

The ruling was formally communicated to him on June 15, 2026. His initial trial was held in March 2026 before Branch 29 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court.

Karim Jalilzadeh was arrested on January 12, 2026, in connection with the January 2026 protests. Security forces violently arrested him at his home in Tehran. He was ultimately released from Greater Tehran Penitentiary in March 2026 after posting bail of 6 billion tomans. Following his arrest, he was transferred to a hospital in Tehran for several hours due to injuries he sustained during the arrest.

Karim Jalilzadeh, a 44-year-old resident of Tehran, is married and the father of two daughters, aged 10 and 12.