Tehran, Oct 12 (EFE).- Prominent reformist politician and former presidential adviser Mostafa Tajzadeh has been sentenced to eight years in prison for collusion against the state, and anti-state propaganda, his lawyer said Wednesday. Tajzadeh was arrested in July after criticizing Iran’s dress codes, which require women to always use the Islamic veil in public. Tajzadeh …
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