Iranian Press reported on July 7, 2002, that an appeal court has increased Mr. Siamak Pourzand's sentence to eleven years of imprisonment on charges of activities and propaganda against the Islamic Republic and collaboration with Iranian counter-revolutionaries. According to both "No Rooz" newspaper and the student's news agency "ISNA," his office-appointed lawyer said that Mr. Pourzand can still appeal, but provided he does it himself and not through a lawyer.
 

 

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