Artin Ghazanfari, a Bahai photographer, was sentenced to 26 years in prison by the 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran headed by Abolkasem Salvati. Human rights sources reported that this sentence was delivered to him on Monday in a prison in Greater Tehran. According to this verdict, Artin Ghazanfari was sentenced to 20 years in prison for "media action", five years for "gathering and conspiracy" and one year for "propaganda against the regime". The details of the court documents, the status of the appeal and the amount of the prison that can be enforced have not been determined, however, it was announced that the judge of the case cited the "Law on the Aggravation of Punishment for Espionage" to give a sentence of 20 years. According to a source close to Jazanfari's family, this photojournalist, incarcerated in Greater Tehran Prison, suffers from heart disease, hypertension and parathyroid. The same source told Radio Farda that the prison surgeon and an internal medicine doctor at the prison confirmed that he should be admitted to a hospital outside the prison. Artin Ghazanfari was arrested on January 19, 1404 at his home in Tehran.

Artin Ghazanfari, a Bahai photographer, was sentenced to 26 years in prison by the 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran headed by Abolkasem Salvati. Human rights sources reported that this sentence was delivered to him on Monday in a prison in Greater Tehran. According to this verdict, Artin Ghazanfari was sentenced to 20 years in prison for "media action", five years for "gathering and conspiracy" and one year for "propaganda against the regime". The details of the court documents, the status of the appeal and the amount of the prison that can be enforced have not been determined, however, it was announced that the judge of the case cited the "Law on the Aggravation of Punishment for Espionage" to give a sentence of 20 years. According to a source close to Jazanfari's family, this photojournalist, incarcerated in Greater Tehran Prison, suffers from heart disease, hypertension and parathyroid. The same source told Radio Farda that the prison surgeon and an internal medicine doctor at the prison confirmed that he should be admitted to a hospital outside the prison. Artin Ghazanfari was arrested on January 19, 1404 at his home in Tehran.