Amir Amirgholi, a 33-year-old civil society activist whose legal name is Ali Amirgholi, has been sentenced to 19 years and six months in prison following an unfair trial before Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran. The verdict was handed down in late January or early February 2016. He is now held in poor conditions in Section 8 of Tehran’s Evin Prison. The court sentenced Amir Amirgholi, following a hearing that lasted just over an hour, to seven years and six months in prison for “gathering and colluding to commit crimes against national security” and “disturbing the public order” without clarifying the exact punishment for each charge. It also imposed seven years and six months for “insulting Islamic sanctities and the Imams”, three years for “insulting Imam Khomeini and the Supreme Leader” and 18 months for “spreading propaganda against the system”, including through images and materials on-line. Under Iranian law, if his sentence is upheld, he will be required to serve the lengthiest single prison term imposed on him that is seven years and six months, rather than the total sentence.
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