Kokab Badaghi Pegah, a teacher residing in the city of Izeh (Izej), has been sentenced by Branch 101 of the Ahwaz Criminal Court to one year of discretionary imprisonment.
According to reports from the Coordinating Council of Teachers’ Trade Associations, the ruling was issued on the charge of “propaganda against the state.”
The reports indicate that she was summoned to the Intelligence Office in Izeh in February of last year. Subsequently, her home was searched by security forces, and several of her personal belongings were confiscated.
Union sources also note that Ms. Badaghi Pegah had previously been acquitted in another case in December 2025 by Branch 20 of the Ahwaz Court of Appeal. In that case, she had initially been sentenced by the Revolutionary Court of Ahwaz to six years in prison at the trial stage.
In addition, in September 2025, she was suspended from service for three months by the Appeals Board of the Education Ministry’s Administrative Violations Committee in the Ahwaz region.
Kokab Badaghi Pegah is a teachers’ union activist in the Ahwaz region and has previously faced judicial proceedings in connection with her professional and civic activities.
