IRAN: Student activists receive heavy prison terms

Two detained student activists, Bahareh Hedayat and Milad Asadi, were handed heavy imprisonment terms by the Iranian judiciary last week, reports Radio Zamaneh.

The Revolutionary Court sentenced Hedayat to nine-and-a-half years in prison for offences ranging from "propaganda against the regime and activities against national security" to "insulting the leadership". Asadi was handed down seven years for similar activities, according to the Daneshjoo news website.

Hedayat has been incarcerated since last December in the Oblivion Section of Evin Prison, and Asadi has been in Evin Prison since last November.
Full report on the Radio Zamaneh site