A Kurdish citizen was sentenced to five years in discretionary prison

16:05 - 1 December 2019

Kurdpa Agency: A Kurdish citizen residing in Urmia was sentenced to five years in discretionary imprisonment by the second branch of the revolutionary court of the city.

 According to a report by the Kurdistan Press Agency, a Kurdish citizen, Mohammad Sharif Salem Deziji, son of Arshad, from Dezij, Mergavar District, resident of Urmia, has been sentenced to five years in discretionary prison by the second branch of the revolutionary court presided over by Judge Ali Sheikhlo.

 The Urmia Revolutionary Court has sentenced this citizen to five years in discretionary prison on charges of "membership in one of the Kurdish opposition parties of the Iranian government" based on citing Article 499 of the Islamic Penal Code.

 This Kurdish citizen was arrested by intelligence forces on September 23rd, and transferred to the Urmia Central Prison after four days of interrogation at the Urmia Ettelaat detention center.