Keywan (Keyvan) Karimi was sentenced on 13 October 2015 to six years in prison and 223 lashes, by a Revolutionary Court in Tehran. The court had convicted him of charges including “insulting Islamic sanctities” and “illicit relations”. Amnesty International understands that he was not told until his last court hearing that he faced the charge of “insulting Islamic sanctities” over a music video clip the authorities had found on his hard drive, for which he has received six years in prison. Instead, he had been charged with “spreading propaganda against the system”, which was not mentioned in the final ruling at all. Keywan Karimi’s appeal hearing, at which representatives of security and intelligence bodies were present, was held on 23 December.
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