Iranian environmentalists sentenced to prison for ‘collaborating’ with U.S.
ISTANBUL — An Iranian court sentenced six conservationists to prison Wednesday on charges of collaborating with an “enemy state” — namely, the United States — rights activists and former colleagues said./ , were arrested and jailed by the elite Revolutionary Guard Corps early last year for their work tracking the critically endangered Asiatic cheetah. The trial sparked outrage among conservationists worldwide./ The sentences were handed down in secret Wednesday and without the presence of defense lawyers, according to a Human Rights Watch ...
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