Islamic Tribunal rulings against five Azerbaijani activists—Sima (Akram) Alipour, Nima Radmanesh, Hossein Esmaeili-Soumeh, Salar Taherafshar, and Vahid Abhari Iranaq—have reportedly been issued and formally served. Each activist has been sentenced to one year of imprisonment in Zabol Prison, two years of compulsory residence in the city of Zabol, and a two-year ban on accessing electronic services.

Zabol has been designated as the location where the activists will serve their prison sentences and compulsory residence orders, forcing them to endure harsh and unbearable weather conditions thousands of kilometres away from their hometowns, families, and support networks. According to human rights organizations and accounts by some former political prisoners, Zabol Prison also suffers from inadequate facilities and poor detention conditions.

Another provision of the rulings orders the recovery of data from the activists’ mobile phones and associated memory devices. According to the published information, if data recovery proves impossible, the devices are to be destroyed and their SIM cards removed from the telecommunications system.

The implementation of these sentences could impose significant restrictions beyond the deprivation of liberty, affecting the activists’ daily lives, communications, and access to public services.

As of the publication of the report, no clear details have been provided regarding the charges brought against the five activists, the evidence relied upon by the court, or the proceedings leading to the rulings.