Wednesday 22 October 2014

Trial date set for British-Iranian 'female volleyball prisoner' in Tehran

Ghoncheh Ghavami, a 25-year-old law graduate of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), due to stand trial on October 14

Miss Ghavami was arrested after she and fellow women’s rights campaigners tried to enter Tehran's Azadi Stadium to watch an Iran-Italy volleyball match Photo: FreeGhonchehGhavami/Facebook

By Andrew Marszal

5:47PM BST 09 Oct 2014

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Trial date set for British-Iranian 'female volleyball prisoner' in Tehran

Ghoncheh Ghavami, a 25-year-old law graduate of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), due to stand trial on October 14

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