The Iranian regime this week sentenced three Iranian writers to a total of 18 years in prison.
The Iranian Regime’s Judiciary on Wednesday sentenced Reza Khandan Mahabadi, Baktash Abtin, and Kayvan Bajan to a total of 18 years in jail.
Two of the trio, Mahabadi and Abtin were indicted last August based on a complaint made by the Ministry of Intelligence in 2015.
The ministry had accused the writers of “propagating against the regime, and publishing an illegal publication,” referring to an internal pamphlet of the Iran’s Writers Association.
The IWA on Thursday called the accusations “irrelevant” and “baseless,” adding that the evidence presented by the complainant against the writers was even more irrelevant.
Based in part on wire reports.
