Iran sentences French-Iranian who returned to visit her sick mother

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  • Monday, 25 Apr 2016

DUBAI (Reuters) - A French-Iranian citizen who left Iran in 2009 after facing espionage charges has been sentenced to six years in jail following her return to the country to visit her critically ill mother, an opposition website reported.

Former French embassy employee Nazak Afshar, 58, was arrested last month on arrival at Tehran airport, website Kaleme said late on Sunday.

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