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Egyptian artist Atena Farghadani , has been sentenced , to six years in prison by the government’s Islamic Revolutionary Court, her prosecutor said.
Mohammad Moqimi told RFE/RL’s Radio Farda that Farghadani received five times for “insulting spiritual values” and an extra time for “propaganda” against the Muslim state for her engagement.
Following her faith by Branch 26 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court, Moqimi said, the words were actually communicated to the designer on June 10.
He cited the number of transgressions she was alleged to possess committed as evidence that the judge imposed the harshest penalties applicable under the costs.
It is n’t Farghadani’s first encounter with the Iranian justice system.
Last month, she was taken into custody after visiting the Evin attorney’s office and was detained by security forces.
She has already served 18 times for expenses including “assembly and collusion”, “propaganda actions against the state”, and “insulting the authority and the leader”.
On April 14, Farghadani’s most recent arrest was made, and Moqimi reported that she had been severely beaten, leaving her with apparent injury on her mouth during an investigation.
Refusing to accept the loan set for her confinement, which she said was “arbitrary”, Farghadani was transferred to Qarchak jail near Tehran, known for its severe conditions.
Farghadani, an Alzahra University graduate, received recognition abroad in August 2015 when the Cartoonists Rights Network International honored her with the Courage In Cartooning Award.
In response to the Women, Life, Freedom protests in 2022, which also targeted numerous artists and famous historical activists, the sentence forms a large wave of destruction.
Javaid Rehman, the UN special rapporteur on the condition of human rights in Iran, concluded in a statement in March that the actions of the Iranian government since the 2022 demonstrations pointed to” the probable percentage of foreign acts, somewhat the crimes against humanity of murder, imprisonment, enforced kidnappings, torture, rape and sexual violence, and persecution”.
