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World in brief: July 7, 2024
Mohsen Borhani

IRAN: An outspoken lawyer who has publicly criticised how the government handled the 2022 protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody has been arrested, state media reported today.

The judiciary’s Mizan news agency said that Mohsen Borhani had already been sentenced, but gave no further details of his case or the length of his prison term.

 

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