23 Dec 2024
Sunday 23 November 2014 - 20:44
Story Code : 131799

Volleyball woman Ghoncheh Ghavami out of Iran prison

[caption id="attachment_130436" align="alignright" width="187"] British-Iranian woman, Ghoncheh Ghavami, was arrested outside Tehran's Azadi Stadium on on June 20, 2014.[/caption]
British-Iranian Ghoncheh Ghavami, who was jailed after watching a volleyball game in Iran, has been freed on bail, her family says.
Ms Ghavami, 25, was part of a group of women arrested after trying to watch a volleyball match on 20 June.

Iranian prosecutors have since accused her of having links to the opposition.

Ms Ghavami has staged hunger strikes against her detention, while hundreds of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for her release.

Ms Ghavami and the other women were arrested and allegedly beaten after attempting to watch Iran play Italy in a volleyball match.

They were later freed, but Ms Ghavami was rearrested later and subsequently put on trial.

On 2 November, her lawyer said he had been shown court documents that said Ms Ghavami was found guilty of spreading anti-regime propaganda.

However, prosecutors also told Isna news agency that Ms Ghavami's case had been put under review.

Prosecutors said that she had been charged for taking part in opposition protests abroad, not for attempting to watch the match.

By BBC

 

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