Iran Sentences a Kurdish Cleric to 15 Months in Prison

Hengaw, Friday, August 30, 2024

Mamosta Saber Khodamoradi, the Friday prayer leader of Qavakh township in Saqqez, has been sentenced to 15 months in prison by the Special Clerical Court of Hamedan. He had previously been sentenced to imprisonment and flogging.

According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Mamosta (Mullah) Saber Khodamoradi, the Friday prayer leader of Qavakhtownship in Saqqez, was recently sentenced to 15 months in prison by the Special Clerical Court of Hamedan. This sentence was communicated to the Kurdish cleric via a phone call.

It is worth noting that in May 2023, Mamosta Saber Khodamoradi was also sentenced by the Special Clerical Court of Hamedan to 7 months of discretionary imprisonment and 72 lashes.

Previously, Hengaw reported that the Intelligence Department had threatened Mr. Khodamoradi that if he continued his criticisms in the mosque, his sentence would be immediately carried out.

Mamosta Saber Khodamoradi was summoned to the Special Clerical Court of Hamedan in May of last year and February 2023 due to his protests against the government and his support for the people's demands during the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement in his Friday prayer sermons.