Sayvan Ebrahimi, a Kurdish language teacher, was sentenced to one year in prison and 40 lashes

Hengaw, Tuesday, September 23, 2023

Sayvan Ebrahimi, one of the well-known civil activists from Kamiyaran, a Kurdish language teacher, and a member of the board of directors of the Nojin cultural-social association, has been sentenced to one year of imprisonment in exile and 40 lashes by the court and tribunal of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Saywan Ebrahimi, one of the civil activists from Kamiyaran, was recently sentenced to one year of imprisonment in the Dizelabad prison of Kermanshah and 40 lashes by the 106th branch of the Sanandaj Criminal Court on the charge of "disrupting public order".
 

On his personal Instagram page, Sayvan Ebrahimi stated that the most important reason for this verdict, as the court also pointed out, was "not retreating from his previous positions".
 

The hearing on Sivan Ebrahimi's charges was held on August 8th, 2023, in Sanandaj Criminal Court, and the verdict was officially communicated to him on Tuesday, August 22nd.
 

This Kurdish language teacher has already been accused of "propaganda against the regime" by the first branch of the Sanandaj Revolutionary Court, and the hearing will be held on August 28th of this year.
 

Sayvan Ebrahimi was arrested on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, while he went to the court of Sanandaj to pursue the case of his wife, Zara Mohammadi, and on February 14, 2023, he was temporarily released on bail until the end of the proceedings.