Iranian-British woman sentenced to prison for trying to attend volleyball game

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.

Iranian-British woman sentenced to prison for trying to attend volleyball game
Sun, 02 Nov, 2014 - 11:02

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.

Lawyer Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaei said that a court found 25-year-old Ghoncheh Ghavami guilty of “propagating against the ruling system”.

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