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Iranian-British Woman Volleyball Protester Released on Bail

Iranian authorities have granted bail to a British-Iranian woman jailed earlier this month for trying to attend a men's volleyball match despite laws banning women from men's sporting events. Family members of 25-year-old Ghoncheh Ghavami say she was released on bail Sunday ahead of an appeal. Ghavami was detained in June after trying to attend a men's volleyball match between Iran and Italy. On November 2, a Tehran court sentenced her to one year in jail for propagating...


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