Iranian court upholds jail term for female journalist

By Mustafa Melih Ahishali

ISTANBUL (AA) - An Iranian court on Sunday upheld a prison sentence for female journalist Hengameh Shahidi on charges of making anti-regime propaganda, insult and fake news, local media reported.

Shahidi's lawyer, Mostafa Turk Hamedani told the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) that his client's prison sentence of 12 years and 9 months in jail was upheld by the 36th Iranian revolutionary court.

However, Hamedani said Shahidi will spend seven-and-half years in prison in accordance with the Sunday's verdict.

Shahidi has been in prison since July 2018 and in Dec. 2018, the 15th revolutionary court in Iran sentenced her to 12 years and 9 months in prison.