The Court of Appeals has sentenced Mashallah Karami, the father of the executed protester Mohammad Mehdi Karami, to one year in prison and the confiscation of his home and car.
In this case, one other defendant received a 91-day prison sentence, two were fined 50 million tomans instead of serving time, and seven others were acquitted of all charges.
Ali Sharifzadeh Ardakani, Karami’s lawyer, announced on Wednesday, January 29, that the appellate court in Karaj overturned his client’s previous sentence of 8 years and 10 months in prison, confiscation of property, and a fine, reducing his sentence to one year in prison.
Mr. Sharifzadeh noted that the Revolutionary Court’s ruling on property confiscation still stands, but he expressed hope that the Supreme Court would accept a retrial and overturn the remaining three years and seven months of imprisonment and property seizure.
Shahla Orouji, another attorney representing Mr. Karami, stated that the charge against her client had been altered from "money laundering and acquiring illicit wealth" to "acquiring wealth deemed illicit." She added that the initial sentences—7 years and 7 months for money laundering and 14 months for illicit wealth acquisition—had been reduced to a single year in prison, and the 1.9 billion toman fine was also revoked.
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