According to reports in the Iranian media, Sajj Zibkalam, a political analyst and former professor at the University of Tehran, was sentenced to one year in prison and a two-year ban on media activity, interviews and writing comments. The sentence was confirmed, but his imprisonment was suspended for three years.
According to news sources, this sentence was issued during his interview with Anna News Agency's "Paul Hafez" program, which was published in May.
The main focus of that interview was the assessment of the situation in the Republic of Salami after the 40-day war and also the American ground attack on the Shajra Taiba Minab school.
About this ground attack he said: "You are not a military man, I am not a military man either, but what military achievement was the attack on the Minab school for the American army? There are reasons for the attack on the bridge and the hospital, and it was not that the Americans wanted to scare the people of Tehran."
At the time, the Legal News Agency announced a criminal complaint against Mr. Zivakalam for his statements in this interview. Later, Mr. Zivkalam said in his defense that "the point is that he (Anna news agency) wanted to prove like a court that I was defending America's crimes."
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