Dr. Iraj Mohammadzadeh, a journalist from Jawanrood in Kermanshah province of Iranian Kurdistan, has been sentenced to two years in prison by an Iranian court on charges of “Worrying the public mind and publishing lies”.
Iraj Mohammadzadeh is the director of the Western Telegram channel and a doctoral student in political science.
He was sentenced to two years in prison by Branch 101 of the Jawanrood Criminal Court, presided over by Hadi Charaghi, on charges of “Worrying the public mind and publishing lies”.
Iraj Mohammadzadeh has 25 years of experience as a journalist and has been summoned, threatened and questioned by the security agentes several times in recent years.
It is worth mentioning that due Kurdish nation struggle for freedom and a humane life, many Kurdish youth are being summoned, interrogated, tortured and imprisoned every day.
In this regard, Last week, Mahdi Majidi, a young man from Bokan in Iraian Kurdistan, was sentenced to three years in prison by Branch 102 of the Second Criminal Court of Bokan on charges of “supporting the Zionist regime” and one year on charges of “propaganda against the regime” and one year on charges of "disrespecting the leader of Iran was sentenced.
He was sentenced to a total of five years in prison
