Iran: Fatemeh Gorji sentenced to five years in prison

Fatemeh Gorji, a master’s student at the University of Semnan, has been sentenced to five years in prison and additional punishments.

News Center- Fatemeh Gorji, a master’s student at the University of Semnan, has been sentenced to five years in prison and additional punishments, including ban on travelling abroad for two years, living Semman and Tehran for two years and participating in cultural-educational and social activities for two years.

The student activist will be able to live only in the Borazjan and Bushehr cities for two years and she has been sentenced to two-year community service.

Fatemeh Gorji was arrested at protests on October 14, 2022. Previously, she was sentenced to one year in prison and 74 lashes and banned from travelling abroad and being a member of political parties for two years on charges of “Acting against national security, propaganda against the regime, insulting regime’s authorities and disturbing public order.”