Mehran Gharebaghi, who is currently imprisoned in Sheyban Prison in Ahvaz, has been sentenced to 10 years and one month in prison, as well as additional punishments, after a legal case was opened against him while he was already behind bars.
Fereshteh Tabanian, Gharebaghi’s lawyer, shared details of the verdict, saying, “According to the decision made by the Mahshahr Revolutionary Court, my client has been sentenced to six years and three months for membership in anti-regime groups, one year and four months for propaganda against the regime, and two years and six months for insulting the Supreme Leader of Iran.”
Tabanian went on to explain that Gharebaghi has also been given additional punishments, including a two-year ban on joining any civil or political groups, a two-year ban on leaving the country, and two years of compulsory residence in Taft County, Yazd Province.
If the verdict is upheld on appeal, Gharebaghi will face six years and three months in prison for his charge of “membership in anti-regime groups.
Gharebaghi, who is 31 years old and a resident of Behbahan, was previously sentenced to three years in prison for insulting the Supreme Leader of Iran and propaganda against the regime. Under Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, two years of this sentence were enforceable. He is currently serving his sentence in Sheyban Prison.
