Iran has confirmed the brutal condemnation of the lawyer who defends women who remove the Islamic veil

An Iranian court on Monday confirmed the sentence of 33 years in jail and 148 lashes on lawyer and human rights defender Nasrin Sotude. defend the right to protest against the mandatory use of the Islamic headscarf, according to the state agency IRNA.

Sotude was sentenced on 11 March by a revolutionary court, according to the newspaper The world, for the crimes of "collision meeting against national security", "propaganda against authority", "effective participation in an illegal and anti-security group", "incitement to corruption and to prostitution "and" undisclosed public appearance ""

She was sentenced to 33 years in jail, serving a maximum sentence of 12 years and 148 lashes, one of the forms of physical punishment that continues in the Iranian judiciary, based on Sharia law or Islamic law.

The 56-year-old lawyer hase long history of activism and defense of human rights in the country, Shirin Ebadi, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, and various reformist journalists and politicians.

One of them, Shaparak Shayari Zade, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for participating in the protest but managed to escape to Canada, from where he demanded sanctions against the regime, as he recalled The world.

This was used by the government asHe claimed that the protesters would act in the interest of "enemies" of Iran.

Although the sentence against Sotude dates from March and that it has just been ratified, the activist is locked up since June 2018, although this is not the first time that he's spending time in jail. She had already been sentenced in 2010 for similar acts and pardoned in 2013 with the arrival in power of President Hbadan Rouhani, considered a moderate.

In March, after the conviction has been known, Amnesty International has demanded that the lawyer be released immediately and unconditionally and that his convictions be quashed immediately. "

"This sentence is the more severe among those registered against human rights defenders in Iran in recent years, which indicates that the authorities are stepping up the crackdown, "Amnesty International said in a statement.

The organization also referred to the "clearly unfair" trial and noted that Sotude "has devoted his life to peacefully working for human rights, including the defense of women who peacefully demonstrate against Iran's degrading legislation on the use of the hijab by force".

The Iranian theocratic regime forces all women and girls to cover their hair and cover their arms and legs with loose clothing.

In recent times and coinciding with a certain openness of the Rouhani government, which seems to be reversing as tensions between Iran and the United States intensify, especially in the most cosmopolitan areas of Tehran, the capital This ban seemed to relax a bit. Scarves they became smaller and more transparent and the clothes began to be used more closely to the body.

But the prohibition persists and the so-called "moral police", government agents who monitor compliance with these standards, increases or decreases their influence depending on the number of demonstrations against the government.