Iran sentences political prisoner Mohsen Parish to prison and supplementary punishments
Hengaw — Thursday, December 25, 2025
Iranian judicial authorities have sentenced Mohsen Parish, a political prisoner currently held in Karaj Central Prison and one of those injured during the November 2019 protests, to three years in prison along with multiple supplementary punishments.
Information received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights indicates that Parish, a resident of Meshkindasht in Fardis County, was convicted by Branch Two of the Karaj Revolutionary Court on charges of “propaganda against the state” and “insulting Ali Khamenei.” In addition to the three-year prison sentence, the court imposed a two-year travel ban, a two-year ban on membership in social groups and associations, and dismissal from and deprivation of all governmental and public employment and services.
He was tried before the same court on December 14, 2025. A separate hearing related to additional charges, including “insulting officers” and “resisting law enforcement,” was held via video conference on December 20, 2025, at Branch 103 of Criminal Court No. 2 in Fardis.
Parish was arrested on October 21, 2025, amid intimidation and physical violence. During the arrest, he sustained injuries to his elbow and neck and was transferred to Karaj Central Prison. Government forces also confiscated his mobile phone.
Following his arrest and the formal notification of charges at the Karaj Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office, Parish was transferred to the city’s central prison, where bail was set at 750 million tomans for his temporary release.
Mohsen Parish had previously been detained during the November 2019 protests. In a two-part case, he was convicted on charges including “sabb al-nabi,” “insulting religious sanctities,” “insulting Khamenei,” “propaganda against the state,” and “acting against national security,” and was sentenced to imprisonment and flogging. He was ultimately released in 2022 while serving his sentence under a directive commonly referred to as an amnesty.
