Iran sentences Zainab Khaniabpour to additional prison term

An Appeals Court in Khuzestan has sentenced Zainab Khaniabpour, a resident of Behbahan who was arrested during the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi uprising, to an additional four months in prison.

News Center- An Appeals Court in Khuzestan has sentenced Zainab Khaniabpour to an additional four months in prison, with a fine of 10 million tomans.

 On December 5, 2022, Zainab Khaniabpour’s clothing store in Behbahan was sealed. On December 21, 2022, Zainab Khaniabpour, a resident of Behbahan, a city in Khuzestan province, was arrested in Behbahan for participating in the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” uprising. On December 27, 2023, she was released pending the trial.

On December 4, 2023, Zainab Khaniabpour was sentenced to three months and one day in prison by the Revolutionary Court in Behbahan on charges of “propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran”.

In January 2024, she was sentenced to two years in prison by the Branch 104 of Behbahan 2nd Criminal Court on charges of sharing her photos “without hijab” on social media platforms.