British-Iranian woman gets 1-year prison sentence for trying to watch volleyball game

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Ghoncheh Ghavami, a 25-year old British-Iranian woman, has been sentenced to one year of prison in Iran for participating in a protest against the country's ban on women watching volleyball matches.

The prison sentence was reported by Iranian media outlets and confirmed to The Associated Press by Ghavami's lawyer, who said the charge was "propagating against the ruling system [spreading propaganda against the state]."

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Ghavami was arrested and allegedly beaten in June for joining a protest outside a sports stadium in Tehran. She and other demonstrators were released after several hours, but Ghavami was arrested again 10 days later when she returned to the detention center to collect some of her belongings Read more...

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