Irán, República Islámica del - Teacher’s prison sentence extended

Rasoul Bodaghi, a board member of the Iranian Teachers’ Trade Association (ITTA), was sentenced to three extra years in prison in September, after having already served the five years in prison following his trial on 3 August 2010. He was originally sentenced to six years and banned for five years from social and cultural activities in 2010 for “propaganda against the state,” and “assembly and collusion with the intent to disrupt national security.”