ZCZC
BFF-21
IRAN-FRANCE-TRIAL
Iran sentences French academic to 5 years in prison: lawyer
TEHRAN, May 16, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Iran sentenced a French-Iranian academic to five years in prison on national security charges on Saturday, her lawyer told AFP.
Fariba Adelkhah was “sentenced to five years for gathering and conspiring against national security, and one year for propaganda against the Islamic republic,” Said Dehghan said.
He said his client would only be expected to serve the longer, five-year jail term and added that she intended to appeal.
BSS/AFP/MMA/1336HRS