Iranian justice announced on Friday February 17 that it had sentenced a police chief to 15 months in prison accused, among other things, of "
false reports
" in a case of alleged rape, which provoked deadly violence, in the south-east of Iran. 'Iran.
"
The military court sentenced Chabahar (southeast) police chief Ebrahim Kouchakzai to 15 months' imprisonment on December 3 and dismissed him from his post," announced Mizan Online, the agency of
the judicial authority.
"Atmosphere of scepticism"
Ebrahim Kouchakzaï is suspected of having raped a teenager from the Baloch minority, in Chabahar, in the province of Sistan-Baluchistan, but his conviction does not refer to it.
He was thus "
sentenced to 15 months in prison for creating an atmosphere of skepticism towards the police, 15 months in prison for writing false reports, and 15 months in prison for annulling orders and threats
,” according to Mizan Online.
Ebrahim Kouchakzaï only gets a total of 15 months, the sentences being served simultaneously in Iran.
The verdict is "
final
" even if "
other charges
" are still under investigation, added the same source, without giving further details.
Following the rape charges against Ebrahim Kuchakzai, thousands of people took to the streets on September 30 to protest in Zahedan, the provincial capital.
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As the country was rocked by a protest movement sparked by the September 16 death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, the protest in Zahedan was followed by more rallies and clashes with police, during which a dozen people, including members of the police, were killed.
Following the violence, the authorities dismissed two senior law enforcement officials in the region.
In November, the Farhikhtegan newspaper reported that Mr. Kouchakzaï had interrogated a 15-year-old girl in early September “
alone, in her own office without a surveillance camera, without the presence of a policewoman, and without a warrant
”.
The young girl had claimed on returning home that "
the police commander had raped her
", according to the newspaper, which adds that the medical report, disputed by the family, had concluded that there had been no of rape.
