"Discrimination": Three former MPs sentenced in cases related to offending the Amir and the judiciary

The Court of Cassation sentenced three former members of parliament to imprisonment in cases involving offenses against the Amir and the judiciary. The sentences ranged from one to three years in prison. Today, the court overturned the acquittal of 14 former MPs on charges of spreading false news in the case widely known in the media as the “Biometric Fingerprint” case, and ordered that they not be punished. It also sentenced two former MPs to three years in prison in the same case on charges of spreading false news. The former MPs had posted tweets on the social media platform Twitter in connection with the case widely known in the media as the “Biometric Fingerprint” case.