The founder of the Erfan Halgheh mysticism group, Mohammad Ali Taheri, was sentenced to another 5 years of prison in the 15th Branch of the Tehran Revolutionary Court presided over by Judge Salavati on charges of “corruption on earth.”
“He was sentenced to 5 years of prison on Statuary March 3 and because he had been kept in prison two years after the end of his previous term, he will serve another three years of prison,” his lawyer, Zeinab Taheri said.
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