The husband of prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh will be forced to serve a five-year prison sentence, Sotoudeh told CNN.
Reza Khandan was summoned to report to the judiciary within 30 days to begin serving out the sentence, which was initially handed down in 2019. Sotoudeh said her husband’s summons came days before she spoke with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview from her home in Tehran, but he hadn’t informed her about the matter.
” News of Khandan’s summons comes days after his wife spoke exclusively to CNN’s Christiane Amanpour about the recent protests in Iran, political prisoners and the mounting concerns over the health of Sotoudeh’s friend, imprisoned Iranian doctor and civil rights activist Farhad Meysami. Meysami was jailed in 2018 after voicing his support for women protesting the compulsory hijab law, according to ISNA.
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