Tehran Jails French-Iranian Woman Who Tried To Visit Sick Mother
Iranian citizen who left Iran in 2009 after facing espionage charges has been sentenced to six years in jail after she returned to Tehran to visit her critically ill mother. Kaleme, an Iranian opposition website, reported late on April 24 that former French Embassy employee Nazak Afshar was arrested in March upon her arrival at Tehran’s international airport. The website reported that the 58-year-old Afshar was freed on bail from Tehran’s notorious Evin prison after she was formally charged. Iran’s judiciary has not commented on her case or ...
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