Iranian court jails Iranian-American journalist for 10 years, lawyer says
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Reza Valizadeh's lawyer says the journalist was accused of working at Radio Farda, an outlet overseen by the US Agency for Global Media.
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DUBAI - An Iranian court has sentenced Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh to 10 years in prison for working at a US-funded radio outlet, his lawyer Mohammad Hossein Aghasi said on X on Dec 14.
Iran and the US 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 US Agency for Global Media.
"Valizadeh's punishment for the crime of working at Radio Farda is ten years imprisonment, a ban on residence in Teheran province and neighbouring provinces, a ban on leaving the country and membership in political parties, etc. for two years," Mr Aghasi said.
Iran does not recognise second nationalities and treats dual nationals solely as Iranians. REUTERS
