An Iranian-British woman who took part in a demonstration in Tehran against a ban on women attending some men’s sporting events was jailed for a year for spreading anti-state propaganda, Iranian media said.

An Iranian-British woman detained while trying to attend a men’s volleyball game has been sentenced to one year in prison, a lawyer in Iran has said.

A British-Iranian woman held in a Tehran prison for more than three months after going to a men’s volleyball match has gone on hunger strike, her family have revealed.