Tabriz Revolutionary Court Decision: 1 Year Jail for 7 Nationalist Activists
Savalan Sesi (Translated By Oyrenci-News):
Revolutionary Court No.2 in Tabriz, sentenced Khosro Derakhshi, Yusef Lotf Hagh, Mehdi Afsari, Mohammad Ali Javadi, Javad Kanaani and Hasan Asadi, charged with "membership in Islamic Republic^s opponent group "GAIP" (south Azerbaijan Independence Party) to 1 year actual imprisonment. Besides, Taher Mahdavi blamed due to "propagation against Islamic regime" and sentenced to 1 year imprisonment.
According to article 25 of Islamic Criminal Law, 8 months of these indictees^ punishments, except Hasan Asadi, is suspended for three years.
This decision has been issued by judge Hamlbar, the highest judge in Tabriz Revolutionary Court No.2.
These activists have been detained and subsequently released on bails, last year (2007)
