By The Straits Times | Created at 2024-12-14 17:02:26 | Updated at 2024-12-14 20:53:35
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DUBAI - An Iranian court has sentenced Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh to 10 years in prison for working at a U.S.-funded radio outlet, his lawyer Mohammad Hossein Aghasi said on X on Saturday.
Iran and the U.S. State Department earlier acknowledged the imprisonment in Iran of Valizadeh, who previously worked for Prague-based Radio Farda, an outlet under Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty that is overseen by the U.S. Agency for Global Media.
"Valizadeh's punishment for the crime of working at Radio Farda is ten years imprisonment, a ban on residence in Tehran province and neighbouring provinces, a ban on leaving the country and membership in political parties, etc. for two years," Aghasi said.
Iran does not recognise second nationalities and treats dual nationals solely as Iranians. REUTERS
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