A political activist sentenced to 4 years in Seqiz

PrisonSEQIZ, — According to local correspondents a Kurdish activist named as Behroz Rishe Saheb from Seqiz city was condemned to four years imprisonment by the Iranian Revolutionary Court.

Mr Rishe Saheb had been arrested by the Iranian Intelligent Service on the ground of working with one of the Kurdish political parties several months ago.

After a while he was released on a bail but then received a sentence of four years imprisonment on 10th January. Mr Rishe Saheb is currently held in the central prison of Seqiz.