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An Iranian author is sentenced to 12 years after tweeting a dot on the supreme chief
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An Iranian author is sentenced to 12 years after tweeting a dot on the supreme chief

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By Tycoon Herald 3 Min Read Published September 2, 2024
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An Iranian author is sentenced to 12 years after tweeting a dot on the supreme chief

Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a gathering with the President Masoud Pezeshkian’s administration, in Tehran, Iran, Aug. 27.

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An Iranian author and activist has been sentenced to 12 years in jail after replying with a single dot, or interval, in response to a publish on the social platform X by Iran’s supreme chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Hossein Shanbehzadeh, a longtime critic of Iran’s management, was energetic on social media, supporting political prisoners and the removing of necessary headscarves for girls. He was despatched to jail in 2019 for his on-line feedback insulting Khamenei. He later wrote concerning the expertise, together with being flogged, in accordance with Voice of America.

In early June, 35-year-old Shanbehadeh was arrested in Ardabil, northwestern Iran. In response to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, he instructed his household he wasn’t positive why he was arrested, but it surely got here shortly after he posted the response to Khamenei’s tweet, which confirmed the Iranian chief with the nation’s nationwide volleyball crew.

The Islamic Republic’s safety forces on Tuesday arrested Iranian blogger, author and proofreader Hossein Shanbehzadeh who, final month, posted a single dot in reply to Supreme Chief Ali Khamenei’s tweet, and that remark was appreciated way over Khamenei’s unique tweet.… pic.twitter.com/P4Bram1nr6

— Iran Worldwide English (@IranIntl_En) June 5, 2024

Shanbehzadeh’s publish obtained way more “likes” than Khamenei’s unique tweet, in accordance with Iran Worldwide English.

Shanbehzadeh is simply the most recent activist to be caught up within the hard-line authorities’s crackdown on critics. Iran watchers say the management has felt insecure concerning the excessive degree of dissent within the nation for some time. Artists, playwrights, administrators and others are additionally being swept up and given lengthy jail sentences. In late April, Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi was handed the dying sentence for his antigovernment movies.

Shanbehzadeh was sentenced to 5 years for alleged pro-Israel propaganda exercise, 4 years for insulting Islamic sanctities, two years for spreading lies on-line and a further yr for anti-regime propaganda.

His lawyer, Amir Raisian, instructed Shargh Community, a reformist newspaper in Iran, that he would attraction the decision, particularly the accusation of pro-Israel exercise. The prosecutor’s workplace in Ardabil alleged that Shanbehzadeh had been involved with Israeli intelligence officers and was arrested when attempting to depart the nation, in accordance with Voice of America.

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