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20 June 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n News Category: Prison Sentence<\/strong><\/p>\n Breathing in Confinement:<\/strong> Javad Alikordi,<\/strong> a lawyer currently imprisoned in Mashhad Prison, has been sentenced on charges of \u201cassembly and collusion against national security\u201d and \u201cpropaganda against the state\u201d to a lengthy prison term, permanent disbarment from the legal profession, and internal exile.<\/p>\n According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Branch One of the Revolutionary Court in Mashhad has convicted Mr Javad Alikordi, a lawyer and the brother of the late lawyer Khosrow Alikordi,<\/strong> on charges related to offences against national security and imposed multiple punishments.<\/p>\n According to the report, Mr Alikordi<\/strong> was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment on the charge of \u201cassembly and collusion with the intent to act against national security\u201d and to thirteen years’ imprisonment on the charge of \u201cpropaganda against the state\u201d. The court also imposed supplementary punishments, including permanent disbarment from the legal profession, a two-year ban on leaving the country, and two years of internal exile to the city of Saravan in Sistan and Baluchestan Province.<\/p>\n In total, he has been sentenced to 18 years of imprisonment. However, the manner in which the sentence will be enforced will be subject to the legal provisions governing multiple offences.<\/p>\n It is noteworthy that in December 2025, the body of his brother, Khosrow Alikordi<\/strong>, a lawyer and human rights advocate who represented political cases and the families of individuals killed during protests, was discovered under suspicious circumstances at his workplace in Mashhad.<\/p>\n Following the memorial ceremony marking the seventh day after Khosrow Alikordi\u2019s death<\/strong> and the subsequent mass arrests of attendees, Javad Alikordi<\/strong> released a video warning about the continued detention of those arrested. He stated that unless the detainees were released, he would publish confidential documents and materials. Following these remarks, he was immediately arrested by security forces.<\/p>\n According to available information, Mr Alikordi<\/strong> had previously faced political and security-related charges in a separate case and had already received a sentence, part of which had been suspended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 20 June 2026 News Category: Prison Sentence Breathing in Confinement: Javad Alikordi, a lawyer currently imprisoned in Mashhad Prison, has been sentenced on charges of “assembly and collusion against national security” and “propaganda against the state” to a lengthy prison term, permanent disbarment from the legal profession, and internal exile. 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