The prison sentence of Aziz Qasemzadeh, a teacher and union activist from Gilan, was reduced from two years to one year by Branch 18 of the Gilan Provincial Court of Appeals.
According to the Campaign for the Defense of Political and Civil Prisoners, the final sentence for Mr. Qasemzadeh was reduced to one year with the application of sentence aggregation.
This ruling, which was communicated to Mr. Qasemzadeh’s lawyers on May 17th, 2024, names “spreading false information” as his charge.
Although Qasemzadeh’s one-year sentence technically ended in March of last year, he remained in Lakan Prison in Rasht until May 7th, 2024, due to the delayed application of the sentence aggregation law.
Aziz Qasemzadeh, a well-known teachers’ union activist in Gilan Province, was previously sentenced in March 2024 along with several other union activists by Branch 3 of the Revolutionary Court of Rasht to two years and one day in prison, as well as a two-year ban from membership in political and social parties and groups.
Additionally, Mr. Qasemzadeh was sentenced by the same judicial authority to another one-year prison term, which was upheld by the Gilan Provincial Court of Appeals.
Furthermore, Mr. Qasemzadeh has been permanently dismissed from his government position by the Primary Board for Administrative Violations of Education Department Employees in Gilan Province.