An Iranian psychologist, Seyed Ahmad Seyedabdollahi, has been sentenced to seven months in prison after publicly appealing to President Donald Trump to support ongoing protests against the Islamic Republic. Seyedabdollahi, who posted a video in English urging Trump to act swiftly on his pledge to aid Iranian demonstrators, was arrested ten days later and subjected to intense pressure by Iranian security authorities. His family revealed that interrogators accused him of being a CIA and Mossad agent and demanded he record a new video denigrating Trump and the American people, aiming to make them appear ‘stupid and ignorant’ for national broadcast. Despite enduring solitary confinement and mistreatment, Seyedabdollahi refused to recant his original message. He was convicted of ‘engaging in media activities against national security’ and also faces a second charge of ‘propaganda against the establishment,’ with a five-year ban from public service compounding his punishment and threatening his future livelihood amid Iran’s dire economic conditions.
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