Iranian authorities have suspended the law license of a human rights lawyer currently serving a four-year sentence in Tehran’s Evin Prison, a rights group reported.
The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said the Sixth Branch of the Disciplinary Court for Lawyers suspended Taher Naghavi’s license following a complaint filed by the head of the Bar Association.
The court cited Naghavi’s conviction on charges of “assembly and collusion against national security” and “propaganda against the Islamic Republic.”
The ruling said that his continued professional activity was “incompatible with the dignity of the legal profession.”
The suspension order was issued on July 22 and delivered to Naghavi on September 27, according to HRANA.
Security forces arrested Naghavi in February 2024 and transferred him to Evin Prison.
In October 2024, Branch 15 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court sentenced him to four years in prison, a two-year travel ban, and a two-year prohibition on social rights and party membership.
An appeals court upheld the sentence in January.
Naghavi also faces additional charges filed by Evin Prison officials in July, including disrupting public order and insulting prison personnel.
