Iran court upholds jail term for UK-Iranian aid worker, lawyer says
An Iranian appeals court has upheld a one-year prison term for British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on security offences, said her lawyer as quoted by an Iranian news website on Saturday.
"The appeals court has approved the lower court's verdict without holding a hearing," attorney Hojjat Kermani told the Emtedad website.
In April, an Iranian court sentenced Zaghari-Ratcliffe (above) to a new term in jail on charges of...
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