Iranian Teachers’ Union Activist Sentenced to Three Years in Prison

A court in Iran has sentenced Kobra Taherkhani, a school principal and teachers’ union activist from Qazvin, to three years in prison on political charges.

Branch Two of the Qazvin Revolutionary Court convicted Taherkhani of “insulting Khamenei” and “propaganda against the Islamic Republic” based on content she shared on her Instagram account and a report filed by the Qazvin IRGC Intelligence Organization.

In addition to the prison term, the court imposed a three-year travel ban on Taherkhani.

She was arrested at her home in December 2024 by IRGC Intelligence agents and has been in custody since then, according to the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights.