Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Iran gives activist actress 18-month sentence

FILE - In this Monday, July 18, 2011 file photo provided by German public radio Deutsche Welle, Iranian actress and blogger Pegah Ahangarani speaks during an event of Deutsche Welle on June 3, 2009, in Bonn, Germany. The 24-year-old Iranian actress known for her political activism in support of the country's reformists has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after facing security charges, newspapers reported Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, in another sign of the underlying tensions between Iran's hard-line judiciary and calls for greater openness by new President Hassan Rouhani. (AP Photo/Deutsche Welle, Per Henriksen, File) TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian court has sentenced an actress known for her reformist political activism to 18 months in prison on security charges, newspapers reported Tuesday, in another sign of the underlying tensions between Iran's hard-liners and calls for greater openness by new President Hassan Rouhani.








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