Ahmad Tamouei, a political prisoner from Salmas who is being held in Greater Tehran Prison, has been sentenced by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Iman Afshari, to a total of 15 years in prison and a fine of 1.25 billion tomans. Under the provisions governing multiple offenses, only the most severe sentence, consisting of 10 years of imprisonment and the aforementioned fine, will be enforceable.
According to Kolbarnews, based on information received, Ahmad Tamouei has been sentenced by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court to a total of 15 years in prison and a fine of 1.25 billion tomans on charges of “assembly and collusion against national security” and “carrying and possessing weapons.” Under Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, when the provisions concerning multiple offenses are applied, the most severe punishment is enforceable.
This political prisoner was arrested in the early hours of Monday, February 23, 2026, while working as a Snapp ride-hailing driver in Tehran. Security forces arrested him violently and without presenting a judicial warrant. After the interrogation process was completed, he was transferred to Greater Tehran Prison on March 4 of the same year.
Ahmad Tamouei has previously served a lengthy prison sentence. On Thursday, December 16, 2021, he was released from Urmia Central Prison after serving 15 years in prison.
This political prisoner was arrested on October 24, 2007, in Mahabad County by security forces and transferred to the IRGC Intelligence detention center in Urmia. After enduring several months of solitary confinement in the IRGC Intelligence detention centers in Urmia and the Intelligence Ministry detention center in Mahabad, he was transferred to Mahabad Prison.
In February 2008, Branch 1 of the Mahabad Revolutionary Court sentenced him to 15 years in prison and exile to Urmia Prison on the charge of “waging war against God (moharebeh) through membership in the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK).” The sentence was upheld by the Court of Appeals in May 2008, and Tamouei served his sentence in Urmia Central Prison.
Furthermore, on November 16, 2016, Branch 3 of the Urmia Revolutionary Court acquitted Ahmad Tamouei of the charge of “propaganda against the regime.” The court ruling emphasized the absence of sufficient evidence and documentation to establish the charge, as well as the inadmissibility of the Intelligence Ministry’s suspicions and conjecture as grounds for a conviction.
