Three defense attorneys in Shiraz have been sentenced by the First Branch of the city’s Islamic Revolutionary Court to a combined total of three years in prison and a two-year travel ban, along with the revocation of their passports.
According to a report by Emtedad, the First Branch of the Shiraz Islamic Revolutionary Court sentenced Nazanin Salari, Mahmoud Taravat-roy, and Masoud Ahmadian to three years in prison on charges of “assembly and collusion with the intent to commit crimes against national security” and “propaganda activity against the regime.” As a supplementary punishment, the court also imposed a two-year ban on leaving the country and revoked the passports of all three lawyers.
The Shiraz Revolutionary Court acquitted Nazanin Salari, Mahmoud Taravat-roy, and Masoud Ahmadian of the charge of “cooperating with a hostile state.”
Defense attorney Mostafa Nili announced the news to Emtedad, stating that Nazanin Salari, Mahmoud Taravat-roy, and Masoud Ahmadian are active lawyers in political, ideological, and security cases and have worked in this field for many years.
According to him, the case was opened in 2020. While the head of the First Branch of the Shiraz Islamic Revolutionary Court presided over the previous hearings, the case was reassigned to one of the court’s advisors during the final hearing. Nili said that despite objections, the advisor took the final defense statements and subsequently issued the conviction ruling against his clients.
