Iranian court sentences Iranian-British citizen to 12 years in jail on espionage charges
Tehran, Aug 27 (Sputnik/UNI) An Iranian court has sentenced an Iranian-British dual national, Anushe Ashuri, to 12 years in prison on espionage charges, including cooperation with Israel's Mossad intelligence agency, Iran judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaeili said on Tuesday.
"Anushe Ashuri is yet another defendant with dual citizenship, including a British one. She was sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of having links to Mossad and espionage, and to two years for illegal teaching activity," Esmaeili said, as quoted by the IRIB broadcaster.
The court also upheld a 10-year prison sentence against a British Council worker who had been jailed for espionage. Aras Amiri, 34 was arrested in March 2018 and accused of acting against national security.
The British Council said that Amiri was not the curator of the "Iran desk" in the organization, but was a junior position employee engaged in supporting Iranian contemporary art and organizing exhibitions in the United Kingdom.
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