Iran’s judiciary says a jailed Iranian-British woman has officially been charged because of her links to the opposition, not for attending a volleyball match.

ISNA news agency quoted on November 18 a statement by the Tehran’s prosecutor’s office as saying Ghoncheh Ghavami was active in opposition protests abroad.

It also said Ghavami was in contact with foreign satellite channels such as the BBC Farsi service, which is banned in Iran.

Ghavami, 25, was detained in June after trying to attend a men’s volleyball match in Tehran, in defiance of hardliners’ push for gender-segregation.

Ghavami’s lawyer said in October she had been found guilty of spreading propaganda against Iran’s system and sentenced to one year in prison.

But the prosecutor’s statement didn’t mention any conviction, saying the case was still under review.
With reporting by AP and the guardian.com
By RFE/RL’s Radio Farda