Former Political Prisoner Farhad Sheikhi, Sentenced to Prison by Iranian Judiciary

 Hengaw: Sunday, June 30, 2024

Farhad Sheikhi, a Kurdish labor activist and former political prisoner from Saqqez, Kurdistan province has been sentenced to one year in prison by the Iranian Judiciary.

According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Farhad Sheikhi from Saqqez was recently sentenced to one year in prison by Branch 1 of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Court of Karaj, headed by Judge Asif Hosseini on the charge of "propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran".

As additional punishment, Sheikhi has been banned from leaving Iran, exiled to the city of Divandarreh, and prohibited from living in Alborz and Tehran provinces for two years each.

Farhad Sheikhi was also summoned to this court on October 2, 2023, for the charge of "propaganda activity against the Islamic Republic of Iran".

The labor activist was arrested on Sunday, May 28, 2023, at his home in Hashtgerd, Karaj, by the Iranian Intelligence forces, and was released from prison shortly after.

On January 21, 2023, he was arrested by Iranian government forces and transferred to Karaj Central Prison. He was finally pardoned and released on February 7, 2024.

Farhad Sheikhi was previously arrested on May 1, 2019, on International Workers' Day, and was later released after posting a 250 million Tomans bail and a 30 million Tomans surety bond.

This former political prisoner was finally sentenced to four months in prison and five lashes by the 1058 branch of Criminal Court 2 of Tehran province on the charge of "disturbing public order and peace".