A student from Kharazmi University, who was arrested during last year's nationwide protests, has been sentenced to imprisonment and deprivation of certain social rights by the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Karaj. News and human rights sources reported on Tuesday, December 26, that the first branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Alborz Province sentenced Arzhang Mortazavi, son of political prisoner Abdolrasool Mortazavi, to one year of imprisonment, a two-year travel ban, and deprivation of access to social media. According to HRANA, the news agency of human rights activists in Iran, Mousa Asf-al-Hosseini, the head of the first branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Karaj, condemned this student for 'propaganda against the Islamic Republic.' Arzhang Mortazavi was arrested by the Islamic Republic's intelligence forces in Karaj on October 7 and was temporarily released on bail on November 5. This protesting student was arrested again on December 17 of last year and was imprisoned in Karaj Central Prison until March 21, when he was released during a 'pardon' of a group of prisoners. Abdolrasool Mortazavi, a political prisoner and one of the signatories of the resignation statement of Ali Khamenei, stated in a message read by another son regarding the release of his son, Arzhang Mortazavi, and other prisoners, that this freedom was a result of their resistance which forced the Islamic Republic to retreat. According to previous reports, Arzhang Mortazavi, a computer science student at Kharazmi University, was sentenced by the central committee of the Ministry of Science in October of this year to four semesters of 'temporary suspension from studies and transfer from Kharazmi University to Damghan University' on charges of 'creating chaos and unrest at the university.' After being deprived of education, he emphasized in a video message that 'the Islamic Republic is a government that has imprisoned my veteran father and deprived me of education.'
Revolutionary Court Sentences Protesting Student to Imprisonment and Social Rights Deprivation
Arzhang Mortazavi, a student at Kharazmi University and son of a political prisoner, has been sentenced to one year in prison and social rights deprivation for protesting against the Islamic Republic. His case highlights the ongoing repression of dissent in Iran, particularly against students and political activists. This situation underscores the broader climate of fear and control exercised by the Iranian government over its citizens.
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Iranian court sentenced student Arzhang Mortazavi to imprisonment and social rights deprivation.
- Islamic Revolutionary Court sanction Arzhang Mortazavi
- Islamic Republic's intelligence forces arrest Arzhang Mortazavi
- Islamic Revolutionary Court imprison Arzhang Mortazavi
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The sentencing of Arzhang Mortazavi underscores the Iranian regime's intolerance of dissent.
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