Sunday, November 27, 2005

The regime’s high tribunal affirms the sentences of 3 activists

Iran Press News: Translation by Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi
ILNA, the regime-run news agency reported that 3 activists, Reza Amini, Holmat Azarpour and Abdollah Mohammadi who were originally sentenced at the revolutionary court of Mahaabad (province of Kurdistan) had their prison sentences affirmed at branch 33 of the regime’s appeals high tribunal. Amini was sentenced to 20 years while Azarpour and Mohammadi were sentenced to 15 years each.

The 3 activists have been charged with “cooperating with Iranian Kurdistan’s Democratic Front” and “action against the Islamic regime”.