Tehran - Former Iranian vice-president Mohammad-Ali Abtahi was sentenced to a six-year jail term for his involvement in the post-election unrest in June, a news report said Sunday. Abtahi, deputy to reformist president Mohammad Khatami from 1997 to 2006, was an advisor to moderate presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi in the June 12 presidential election.
He was arrested right after the post-election unrest and charged by a revolutionary court of plotting to overthrow the Islamic government.
According to the Tehran daily Jahan'e Eqtesad, he was informed about his sentence on Saturday.
There was no official confirmation yet available on the verdict, which Abtahi was expected to appeal.
After Abtahi made a televised confession, regretted his alleged efforts to weaken the establishment and even praised the prison conditions, many believed he would receive a lenient verdict.
More than 100 dissidents including some other former reformist officials are still jailed for alleging election fraud and refusing to acknowledge President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election.
