Appeals Court Sentences Mohammad Pourabdollah to Three Years in Prison

Student activist Mohammad Pourabdollah was sentenced to a three-year prison term by the Appeals Court of branch 36 in Tehran.

On a previous date, Pourabdollah was charged with ‘propaganda against the state and society’ and ‘conspiracy to disturb national security.’ Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court sentenced him to six years in prison, but the sentence was later reduced to three years by the Appeals Court.

Mohammad Pourabdollah, who is a chemical engineering student at the University of Tehran, was arrested on February 12, 2009 at his home. He was detained for over one month in solitary confinement in ward 209 of Evin Prison. A month later, on March 18, 2009, Pourabdollah was to Ghezel Hesar prison.