Leila Hosseinzadeh sentenced to imprisonment
Hengaw: Saturday, December 21, 2024
Leila Hosseinzadeh, a former political prisoner and expelled student activist, has been sentenced to one year of imprisonment and fined by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s judicial system.
According to reports received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Hosseinzadeh was recently convicted by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Iman Afshari. She was sentenced to one year in prison on charges of “propaganda against the state” and fined 3,300,000 tomans for “public unveiling.”
The court ruling stated that Hosseinzadeh did not appear at her trial in person, despite being offered the opportunity, and shared secretly recorded footage of the session on her social media accounts.
On September 3, 2024, Hosseinzadeh was ordered to pay a 100 million toman fine after the Forensic Medicine Commission confirmed her permanent inability to endure incarceration due to her health condition. This ruling followed a five-year prison sentence issued for her participation in a memorial event for a fellow inmate.
Hosseinzadeh, a 32-year-old former student of Tehran University, has long been an advocate for student rights and has previously served time in prison. She suffers from Crohn’s disease, a chronic and debilitating intestinal condition.
In 2021, she was sentenced to five years in prison by Branch 28 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court on charges of “assembly and collusion to act against national security.”
Hosseinzadeh has publicly stated that the Forensic Medicine Commission has twice certified her inability to endure incarceration due to her chronic illness.
