News Center- The Revolutionary Court of Appeals in Sanandaj reduced by half the jail time for Serveh Pourmohammadi, a woman human rights defender and Kurdish teacher, on Tuesday.

On January 29, 2023, Serveh Pourmohammadi was arrested by security forces while seeking information about the detained members of the Nozhin Cultural-Social Association, including her sister Soma Pourmohammadi, at the Sanandaj Revolutionary Court. On February 13, 2023, she was released on bail pending the trial.

On October 26, 2023, Branch 1 of the Sanandaj Revolutionary Court sentenced Serveh Pourmohammadi to ten years in prison on the charge of “forming groups and association with the intention of disturbing the national security”, based on her peaceful human rights activities to promote socio-cultural rights via the Nozhin association.

On Tuesday, the Revolutionary Court of Appeals in Sanandaj reduced her prison sentence to five years.