Jailed Iranian Rights Lawyer Charged With Espionage, Her Lawyer Says
A prominent human rights lawyer in Iran, Nasrin Sotoudeh, is facing accusations of espionage on top of charges already leveled against her, Sotoudeh's lawyer says. "First it was only accusations of spreading antiestablishment propaganda, but now it is espionage," Sotoudeh's lawyer Payam Derafshan told the government's official IRNA news agency. Derfashan said authorities have not provided any evidence to back the charge. "There is no evidence in her file for the charge of spying, no report by the Intelligence Ministry to explain how she is ...
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