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Kian Tajbakhsh Sentenced to a Five-Year Jail Term
By IHRV | February 15, 2010
Hoshang Azhari is Kian Tajbakhsh’s defense lawyer, and he recently stated that, following an appeals court review of his client’s case, that his client was sentenced to a five-year jail term.
Mr. Azhari added: “The sentencing has been reduced favorably; in other words, with a reduction to two-thirds of the original sentencing, he [Mr. Tajbakhsh] is sentenced to a five-year jail term.”
Mr. Tajbakhsh is among a group of detainees arrested following the disputed election. Mr. Tajbakhsh was charged with attempts against national security; espionage and contact with foreign elements posing a danger to the regime; accepting an advisory role in the Soros Foundation in Iran in an attempt to soft topple the Islamic regime; spreading propaganda against the regime; casting doubt on the results of the election and undermining public trust with respect to the country’s authorities and officials; causing a public disturbance and promoting fear and hysteria in society.
Source: Harana
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