Appeals Court to Rule on Satirist’s Case without
Hearing His Defense
(دادگاه تجدید نظر برای رسیدگی به پرونده هجو نویس
بدون استماع از دفاعیه او تصمیم گرفت.
OCTOBER
9, 2019.
Iran’s Appeals
Court, which met last week to review satirist Keyomars Marzban’s appeal against a preliminary
court’s harsh sentence against him, is expected to issue a ruling next week
without hearing his defense, a source with detailed knowledge of his case told
the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on October 9, 2019.
In August 2019,
Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran sentenced Marzban
to 11 years in prison for his peaceful writing activities under the charges of
“contact with U.S. enemy state,” 7.6 years for “insulting the sacred,” three
years for “insulting the supreme leader,” one year for “propaganda against the
state,” and nine months for “insulting officials.”
