IRAN SENTENCES JOURNALIST TO 30 MONTHS JAIL, FLOGGING

Fri 28 May 2021:

Iranian rights activist and journalist Narges Mohammadi, released from jail in October, has been handed a new sentence of 80 lashes and 30 months in jail, her lawyer said Thursday.

Mohammadi wrote earlier in the week on the social media platform Instagram that she did not accept the new sentence, which was confirmed by her lawyer, Mahmoud Behzadi-Rad, and the reformist newspaper Etemad in Iran.

“By arresting people like me, they want to set an example,” Mohammadi told media last December shortly after her release. “The message to all civil society activists is: Look, these serious consequences await you if you try to get organized.”

The engineer, physicist and mother of two was previously sentenced to 10 years and served over eight years on charges that included “forming and managing an illegal group” prior to prison.

The new charges against Mohammadi include “propaganda against the system,” defamation and rebellious conduct while incarcerated. She had issued a statement against the death penalty and alleged torture and harassment while in prison, which the Etemad newspaper reported.

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