Tehran Appeals Court Confirms Sentences of 5 Political Defendants to Imprisonment and Fines

The news agency of the Human Rights Activists in Iran reported on Friday, February 23, that Zahra Safaei, Mohammad Masoud Moieni, and Kamran Rezaiifar were sentenced to a total of twelve years in prison by the Tehran Appeals Court. "HRANA" also stated that Parastoo Moieni and Timour Rezaiyan, two other defendants, were each sentenced to pay a fine of 50 million tomans in this court. According to this report, the Tehran Appeals Court's rulings were issued and communicated in Bahman (January-February). HRANA noted that in early Azar (November-December) of this year, Zahra Safaei, Parastoo Moieni, Mohammad Masoud Moieni, and Kamran Rezaiifar were each sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment for the charge of "forming a conspiracy to commit a crime against national security" in Branch 26 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran, while Timour Rezaiyan was sentenced to pay a fine of 50 million tomans. They were tried in a joint case on November 18. HRANA emphasized that currently, Zahra Safaei is held in the women's ward, and Masoud Moieni and Kamran Rezaiifar are also held in Ward 4 of Evin Prison. Parastoo Moieni, along with Timour Rezaiyan, another defendant in the case, was recently released from prison on bail. Zahra Safaei, Parastoo Moieni, and Mohammad Masoud Moieni are three members of the same family.