A new sentence orders an additional six months in prison for Varisheh Moradi
"Judicial pressures on Iranian political prisoner Varisheh Moradi escalated with a new six‑month sentence for 'propaganda against the system' based on texts she published on the 2022 uprising anniversary."
News Center _ The campaign of judicial pressure in Iran continues with the issuance of new prison sentences against several political activists, amid escalating charges against related to political expression and participation in popular protests.
A new prison sentence has been issued against political prisoner Varisheh Moradi in Iran. The “Free Varisheh Moradi” campaign announced that she has been sentenced to an additional six months in prison. according to information published by the campaign, the letters and texts she wrote and published on the anniversary of the popular uprising that broke out in 2022 were considered the basis for the charges in the new case, in which she was tried on charges of “propaganda against the system.”
Varisheh Moradi was informed of the ruling last week, reflecting the escalation of judicial pressures and lawsuits against her. The 15th branch of the Tehran Revolutionary Court presided over by Judge Abolghasem Salavati. Had previously tried her on charges of “armed rebellion against the state,” but the 9th branch of the Supreme Court overturned the ruling due to deficiencies in the investigation and sent the case back to the competent court for retrial.
Varisheh Moradi had also previously been sentenced to six months in prison by the Second Criminal Court of the Quds Judicial Complex in Tehran, in a trial held with four other political prisoners detained in Evin Prison.