Commutation of a citizen’s prison sentence in the Supreme Court

K.M.M.K:

The prison sentence of Ghane Khateri, the founder of the Kurdistan Revival Campaign, has been reduced to 18 months by the Supreme Court of Iran.

According to the report, this citizen was sentenced to two years in prison by the first branch of the Iranian Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj (Sna) on charges of “propaganda against the regime, collaborating with an opposition party and establishing the Kurdistan Revival Campaign” It has been announced.

It is worth mentioning that the phrase “surrender by opinion” in the Islamic Penal Code of the Islamic Republic of Iran means that if the accused pleads guilty and surrenders to the court, the Supreme Court can commute one-fourth of his sentence Therefore, six months of his sentence was reduced from 24 months to 18 months.

According to the report, the last ceremony of working on the crimes of this member of the Kurdistan Revival Campaign was held on February 23, 2022 in the first branch of the Iranian Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj.

It is worth mentioning that Ghane Khatri was detained by Iranian security forces on Tuesday, May 28, 2022 also On Thursday, June 6, this civil activist from Sanandaj was temporarily released on bail in an Iranian government security prison in the city The right to access to counsel and family interviews was waived.

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