Last Update
Unknown
Organisation
Unknown
Gender
Male
Ethnic Group
Kurdish
Religoius Group
Muslim
Province
Ilam
Occupation
Journalist
Sentence
6 months imprisonment
Status
Released
Institution investigating
IRGC Intelligence
Charges
Unknown
Mohsen Cheraghi Released
He was arrested along with other journalists in Ilam, and at the time of his arrest was a staff member at a local Kurdish journal, Varia.
All the journalist arrested that day were taken by surprise in their workplace or at home, and the agents confiscated all their personal notes, documents, and computers.
Cheraghi was released on bail a few days later. On November 15th 2013, he was sentenced to six months in prison. According to the reports, the Ilam Court did not bother with any formalities and the whole process of prosecution and sentencing took only a few minutes. Neither the charge nor the reason for his arrest was ever publicly disclosed.