{"id":20755,"date":"2021-01-24T17:28:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T16:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=20755"},"modified":"2021-01-24T17:28:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T16:28:41","slug":"saeid-sangar-sentenced-to-11-months-in-prison-after-20-years-in-prison-for-supporting-the-mek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/01\/saeid-sangar-sentenced-to-11-months-in-prison-after-20-years-in-prison-for-supporting-the-mek\/20755\/","title":{"rendered":"Saeid Sangar Sentenced To 11 Months in Prison After 20 Years in Prison for Supporting the MEK"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<!--?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"--><html><body><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Call for immediate action by UN, EU and human rights advocates to secure Saeid Sangar release<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Saeid Sangar, 47, from Piranshahr, one of Iran\u2019s longest-incarcerated political activists was again sentenced to 11 months in prison in Urmia after already severing more than 20 years in prison for supporting the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK).<br>After various stages of fabricating a new case against this political prisoner, This cruel sentence was issued to him on Wednesday, January 20, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26a1\ufe0fTweet Storm\u26a1\ufe0f<br><br>We say NO to the mullahs' criminal judiciary and urge you to call out with us, for the full rights of all Political Prisoners in Iran<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeSaeidSangar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeSaeidSangar<\/a> <br><br>\ud83d\udd39Sunday 24 January, 2021<br>\ud83d\udd3917:30 CET | 11:30 EST <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0PQ7BpmAQ6\">pic.twitter.com\/0PQ7BpmAQ6<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/4FreedominIran\/status\/1353092785705017349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sanger, imprisoned since his arrest in August 2000, was interrogated and tortured in solitary confinement in Evin Prison until 2003 and sentenced to 18 years in prison on charges of \u201cmoharebeh\u201d and \u201ccontacts with the MEK.\u201d Towards the end of his term, the regime\u2019s Judiciary added another two years to his sentence without any justification and in violation of its medieval laws. Now, after 20 years in prison, the regime\u2019s Judiciary has added another 11 months to Saeid\u2019s prison term, who has not been given temporary release for even a single day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regime\u2019s harsh treatment of Sangar is retaliation for his steadfastness and refusal to repent and take part in interviews to demonize the MEK, the Iranian Resistance, and its leadership. To break his resistance, prison authorities have subjected him to psychological torture by staging 13 mock executions. Officials in Urmia Central Prison continue to pressure him so that he would recant his political views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Iranian Resistance urges the United Nations and its affiliated bodies as well as other human rights organizations, the United States and the European Union and its member states, the European Parliament, and Bar Associations around the world to take immediate action to force the clerical regime to release Saeid Sangar, after enduring 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mullahs' Ministry of Intelligence &amp; Revolutionary Guard Corps prevent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/politicalprisoner?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#politicalprisoner<\/a>'s release after he served 20 years for only standing up to his political belief and 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