Golaleh Vatandoust, a Kurdish Lawyer, sentenced to 6 years and 7 months in jail
Golaleh Vatandoust, a lawyer and a renowned women’s rights activist in Marivan, has been sentenced to six years, seven months, and 20 days of imprisonment. She was arrested last year during the 2022 Iran uprising.
The First Branch of the Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj sentenced Kurdish lawyer, Golaleh Vatandoust, to six years, and seven months, and 20 days of imprisonment on charges of “propaganda against the state,” “acting against national security,” and “membership in opposition groups.”
Intelligence services in Sanandaj arrested Ms. Vatandoust on October 3, 2022. After some time, she was temporarily released from prison on bail. She has been arrested and interrogated several times during recent years.
