Iran sentences US citizen to 10 years in prison over ‘infiltration’

A United States citizen accused of “infiltration” in Iran has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, a spokesman for the judiciary said on Sunday.

“The person was identified and arrested by the intelligence forces. The court has sentenced the person to 10 years,” deputy judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejeie says in a televised press conference, adding that the unnamed individual had appealed the sentence.

— AFP

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