Iran: Kurd receives long jail sentence

A Kurdish citizen by the name of Omid Mamandnezhad has been sentenced to 12 years and three months in jail. The Urumieh revolution court issued this ruling against him even without his presence in court. This Kurdish citizen was arrested on 19 March 20 14 by intelligence agents in the western Iranian city of Piranshahr and held for two months in Piranshahr Intelligence Department Detention Center. He was then taken to Urumieh Central Prison and is currently detained in this jail.