Regime confirms heavy sentences for Azeri activists

According to a verdict passed by the fourth branch of the Eastern Azerbaijan Court of Review, Fardin Moradpour, an 18-year-old Azeri activist was sentenced to six years of prison on charges of gathering and conspiring against the government, spreading propaganda against the government and providing and keeping explosives. His brother Fardin Moradpour was sentenced to three years of prison on charges of gathering and conspiring against the government, and spreading propaganda against the government. Rasoul Badali was sentenced to two years of prison on charges of gathering and conspiring against the government while Ali Badali, Amin Pasha Qarebaghi and Arash Eshqi Mulan were sentenced to six months of prison on charges of spreading propaganda against the government. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Feb. 8, 2010)