The Iranian lawyer of a woman who was sentenced to death in 2006 for
adultery has himself been sentenced to six years in prison by a court in
Iran, according to human rights group Herana.
The court in the
northern Iranian city of Tabriz sentenced Javid Hutan Kian, the lawyer
for Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtian for "attacking the Islamic Republic's
security and hurting the reputation of the country by granting
interviews to the foreign media, criticising the Iranian authorities
about the Sakineh case," Herana said.
According to his lawyer
Taqi Mahmoudi, Kian has already been in prison for one-and-half years
and is in poor health due to torture.
Kian was arrested by
Iranian intelligence agents in October 2010 in Tabriz. Last March he
managed to send a smuggled letter to Adnkronos International that said
he was tortured in prison and pleaded for international support.
Iranian lawyer sentenced to six years' jail
