Iran sentences researcher to 9 years in jail

Iran sentenced British-Iranian researcher Kameel Ahmady to nine years in prison on Sunday, Iranian news agency Tasnim reported.

Report informs citing the DW that the anthropologist and social researcher was convicted of conducting "subversive" research work. Ahmady was also fined €600,000 ($727,000), which, according to Iranian authorities, is the amount he allegedly received for his research by institutions accused of trying to topple the Iranian regime.

On Twitter, Ahmady said he had been denied the right to a lawyer during his detention. "Contrary to all...hope for a fair trial, I was sentenced after being denied access to a lawyer during 100 days of detention and extrajudicial interrogations, and after two unprofessional trial sessions full of judicial violations," he tweeted.