News Center_In Iran, the wave of harsh sentences against protest detainees continues, as judicial authorities in recent days have issued prison sentence against a number of participants in popular movements, amid reports confirming the absence of fair trial standards.

The two sisters, Sagharr Ghodrat, 25, and Ghazal Ghodrat,29, residents of the city of Shiraz and currently held in Adel Abad Prison, were each sentenced to five years in prison on charges of what authorities described as “leading the protests.”

Reports indicate that this verdict was issued under difficult legal circumstances, as the two sisters have been deprived since the moment of their arrest of their most fundamental rights, foremost among them the right to retain a lawyer to defend them or to attend investigative sessions.

Sources reported that the arrest took place during the wave of popular protests the city witnessed, where government forces detained them and transferred them directly to Adel Abad Prison without providing an opportunity to contact their family or obtain legal counsel. Since then, the two sisters have faced difficult conditions inside the prison, amid growing concerns about their physical and psychological safety, in addition to anxiety over the absence of any guarantees for a fair trial.