Iran upholds 11-year sentence against Kurdish activist
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Iran's appeals court has upheld an 11-year jail sentence against her client, according to the lawyer of a prominent Kurdish human rights activist.
Nasrin Sotudeh said the court ruled on September 28 against her client, Mohammad Sadeq Kaboudvand, who was convicted of acting against national security and propagating against the ruling Islamic establishment.
Sotudeh said Saturday that she was informed of the ruling on October 18.
Kaboudvand, who founded the non-governmental Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan three years ago, has been held in Teheran's Evin prison since June 2007.
Sotudeh said she is planning to appeal to Iran's judiciary chief, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, to ask him to reopen Kaboudvand's case.
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