
A French-Iranian citizen who left Iran in 2009 after facing espionage charges has been sentenced to six years in jail following her return to the country to visit her critically ill mother.
Nazak Afshar, 58, a former French embassy employee, was arrested last month on arrival at Tehran airport, the opposition website Kaleme reported on Sunday.
She was freed on bail from Evin prison after sentencing, the Guardian reported.
The Iranian judiciary has not commented on her case or made the charges against her public.
Afshar, who had dual citizenship, was arrested and tried in 2009 on charges of spying and acting against Iran’s national security.
No verdict was issued and she was freed following the intervention of the French government, leaving the country the same year.
Source : MENA
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