[custom_adv] Judiciary Spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaeili said that Shabnam Nematzadeh has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for economic corruption. [custom_adv] In a Tuesday press conference, the spokesman said that the court has also sentenced Nematzadeh to 74 lashes and fined with some $345,000 on charges of creating ‘major disruption in the distribution of public goods’. [custom_adv] Shabnam Nematzadeh, along with the other convict Ahmad Reza Lashkaripour, has also been permanently barred from public service. [custom_adv] She was arrested in September on charges of economic corruption in the medical industry. She is the daughter of Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh, former minister of industry, mines, and trade. [custom_adv] The spokesman also said that the case of Vice-President Jahangiri’s brother, who has also been charged with corruption, will be sent to the court and proceedings have already begun. [custom_adv] Earlier this year, the president’s brother had been convicted of bribery and corruption, for which he was sentenced to five years in prison. The spokesman said he had previously been sentenced to seven years in prison but his sentence later reduced to five years. [custom_adv] Esmaili also said Fereydoon might face further charges in other cases.Fereydoon’s case had been ongoing for more than two years after dozens of lawmakers at the persian parliament had demanded him to be brought to justice to face financial corruption charges. [custom_adv] Simultaneously, the regime and its criminal Judiciary still kept in jail those who lauded their voice for citizen rights, fundamental freedoms, women's rights, and justice. Security forces also detained more than 12,000 protesters in November and the fate of many of them is unclear.
