Babak Karimi, a former political prisoner from Ivan-e Gharb in Ilam Province, has recently been summoned to the Ilam Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office on new charges. He had previously been sentenced to discretionary imprisonment during the “Jin Revolutionary” uprising.
According to Kolbarnews, on Monday, February 23, 2026, based on an official summons, Babak Karimi was called to Branch One of the Investigative Prosecutor’s Office of Ilam Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office to present his defense regarding four charges.
The summons listed the charges of “inciting or provoking people to war and killing each other with the intent of disrupting national security,” “propaganda against the state,” “spreading false information,” and “illegal assembly,” and required him to appear within five days from the date of notification.
This summons comes after Babak Karimi was previously arrested on September 21, 2022, during the Jin Revolutionary movement in Ivan-e Gharb. After approximately five months in detention, he was temporarily released from Ilam Central Prison on February 6, 2023, after posting bail of 20 billion rials (2 billion tomans). During his detention, he carried out two hunger strikes in protest against the extension of his temporary detention and the lack of progress in his case.
In subsequent judicial proceedings, Branch Two of the Ilam Revolutionary Court, on July 3, 2023, sentenced him to five years in prison on the charge of “assembly and collusion with intent to disrupt internal security,” two years in prison for “insulting the leader of Iran,” and two years in prison for “insulting the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.” This sentence was later reduced on September 13, 2025, by Branch Two of the Ilam Provincial Court of Appeals to four years, nine months, and one day of discretionary imprisonment, and it was enforced.
Additionally, on August 22, 2023, in a separate case, Babak Karimi was summoned to Branch 101 of the Ivan-e Gharb Criminal Court Two on the charge of “disrupting public order and peace,” and according to the notice, he was required to appear on August 27 of that year to present his defense.
