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27 Sept 2026, 14:48

A five-year prison sentence for Ali Younesi, a computer engineering student and holder of astronomy Olympiad medals, has been upheld by the appeals court. This sentence had previously been issued by Branch 29 of the Revolutionary Court.

Younesi and Amirhossein Moradi, a physics student at Sharif University of Technology, were supposed to be released upon the completion of their enforceable sentence in December 2026, but with the confirmation of the new sentence, Ali Younesi will remain in prison. In the summer of 2025, these two students were each sentenced to 15 months in prison for "propaganda activities against the regime," and Ali Younesi was additionally sentenced to another five years in prison.

Younesi and Moradi have been in prison since April 2019 and, according to published reports, have spent a total of 808 days in solitary confinement and closed wards.

In the initial case in 2022, both students were sentenced to 16 years in prison, which was later reduced in subsequent stages. With the confirmation of the new sentences, both will continue to be deprived of their education and presence at the university.
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