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British-Iranian woman sentenced to a year in prison in Tehran for wanting to watch volleyball - Telegraph
A British-Iranian has been sentenced by a court in Tehran to spend a year in prison as punishment for trying to attend a men’s volleyball match.
Ghoncheh Ghavami, 25, an alumni of SOAS university in London, was told her fate on Sunday by a closed court in Tehran.
Her parents were not permitted to enter the courtroom and it was not open to the public, her brother Iman told The Telegraph.
“We hoped she would be released,” he said. “She thought she had put up a good defence and was really happy with it.
“But now we’re just really disappointed and shocked.”
Mr Ghavami, 28, said that his family spent Sunday going “from office to office” to try and see whether his sister could appeal against the sentence.
Alireza Tabatabaie, Miss Ghavami’s lawyer, said he was hopeful that her sentence could be reduced for good behaviour. He said she had been found guilty of “propagating against the ruling system.”
“It doesn’t seem right,” her brother said. “When she was arrested they were immediately suspicious of her because of her dual nationality.
"She’s physically and mentally exhausted by all this. But she’s not giving up hope.”
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Obviously this is all Israel's fault.
A British-Iranian has been sentenced by a court in Tehran to spend a year in prison as punishment for trying to attend a men’s volleyball match.
Ghoncheh Ghavami, 25, an alumni of SOAS university in London, was told her fate on Sunday by a closed court in Tehran.
Her parents were not permitted to enter the courtroom and it was not open to the public, her brother Iman told The Telegraph.
“We hoped she would be released,” he said. “She thought she had put up a good defence and was really happy with it.
“But now we’re just really disappointed and shocked.”
Mr Ghavami, 28, said that his family spent Sunday going “from office to office” to try and see whether his sister could appeal against the sentence.
Alireza Tabatabaie, Miss Ghavami’s lawyer, said he was hopeful that her sentence could be reduced for good behaviour. He said she had been found guilty of “propagating against the ruling system.”
“It doesn’t seem right,” her brother said. “When she was arrested they were immediately suspicious of her because of her dual nationality.
"She’s physically and mentally exhausted by all this. But she’s not giving up hope.”
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Obviously this is all Israel's fault.
