Former Detainee from Woman, Life, Freedom Movement Sentenced to Prison and Exile by Iranian Court

Hengaw: Saturday, April 4, 2024

A former detainee of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, Ayoub Gheybi Pour, an individual of Bakhtiari ethnicity from Ahvaz, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison and exile to Kerman prison by an Iranian court. The verdict was issued after the Supreme Court overturned a previous decision and referred the case to another branch of equal jurisdiction.

According to a report from the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Gheybi Pour, a 30-year-old resident of Ahvaz, was sentenced by the Ahvaz Revolutionary Court to 10 years in prison and exile to Kerman prison for charges of "war waging," along with an additional year for "propaganda against the government."

Previously, Gheybi Pour had been sentenced to 35 years in prison and exile to Kerman prison for charges of "deliberate arson and destruction of public property" and "propaganda against the government."

Gheybi Pour was detained on November 13, 2022, during nationwide protests of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement by security forces in Ahvaz and was held at Sheyban prison in the city. After undergoing a serious surgical operation during detention, Gheybi Pour was temporarily released on February 13, 2024, upon payment of a three-billion Iranian toman bail.