In other news from Iran, the prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been sentenced to 11 years in jail and banned for 20 years from working as an attorney and leaving the country. Her conviction follows the arrests and sentencing of several other high-profile lawyers, several of whom also had worked for or with Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi.
Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Sentenced to 11 Years in Jail
HeadlineJan 10, 2011