Three members of a teachers' association in southern Iran were sentenced to a combined 12 years and six months in prison on national security charges, human rights news agency HRANA reported Friday. The sentences were handed to Reza Amanifar, Asghar Hajeb and Roghayeh Torabpour, members of the Bushehr Teachers' Association, according to the Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers' Associations. Amanifar received 10 years and one day in prison, Hajeb two years and Torabpour six months for allegedly engaging in political, cultural and propaganda activities against national security. All three were also permanently barred from public and government employment and ordered to surrender their electronic devices. The teachers' council condemned the verdicts, saying the charges stemmed from legitimate union activities. It also warned that Amanifar, who has been detained since April, suffers from a serious kidney condition and has been denied adequate medical care.