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Iranian café chain mogul jailed and stripped of assets for backing January protests

Sadegh Saeedinia, manager of the Saeedinia café chain, was convicted of "propaganda against national security" for posting about the January protests on Instagram and encouraging staff to strike, in one of the harshest sentences handed to a private entrepreneur since the unrest.

Published Thursday, 3 September 2026 at 15:43
Sadegh Saeedinia, manager of the Saeedinia café chain, was convicted of "propaganda against national security" for posting about the January protests on Instagram and encouraging staff to strike, in one of the harshest sentences handed to a private entrepreneur since the unrest.

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