Prison sentences have been handed down to five people for their involvement in the unrest that followed Iran's 2009 presidential election, says a judicial source.�

The prison sentences have been issued over the past two or three weeks and they can be appealed, said�Iran�s Judiciary Spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei on�Monday.

Arrest�warrants have been issued for a number of other suspects, said the spokesman, adding�those who are currently outside Iran will be tried in absentia if they do not appear in court.

The high-ranking judge, who has presided over a number of trials involving political cases in the past, said the new verdicts also include travel bans for �two or three people,� without elaborating on their identity.

The 2009 reelection of former�Iranian�President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sparked street protests in the capital, Tehran, over what some believed�was election fraud. Supervisory bodies, however, rejected the allegation, saying�those behind the unrest were�seditionists�who sought to overthrow the Islamic system.

The sporadic demonstrations ended after millions of people took to the streets in Tehran in late December and demanded the trial of those�behind the unrest.

By Press TV