Iran sentences Iranian-French academic Fariba Adelkhah to 5 years in prison on national security charges
Iran sentenced a French-Iranian academic to five years in prison on national security charges on Saturday, her lawyer said.
He said his client would only be expected to serve the longer, five-year jail term and added that she intended to appeal.
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