A revolutionary court in Iran has sentenced six reformist social media administrators to up to five years in jail, their lawyer tells the ILNA news agency.
Ali Mojtahedzadeh says the six group admins on the Telegram messaging app who were free on bail after their arrest in March were sentenced in court, without giving the date of the verdict or the charges.
“According to the verdict by Branch 15 of the revolutionary court, Mr Nima Keshvari and Mr Ahmadnia received five years, Mr Naghdi and Mr Jamshidi four years, and Mr Sobhan Jafari received three years in prison,” he says, without giving all their first names.
Mojtahedzadeh tells the reformist labor news agency that a sixth defendant, named Bagheri, was not in court for the verdict, apparently a two-year jail term.
The lawyer says he will not be able to file an appeal until he receives a copy of the 60-page verdict.
— AFP
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