Tehran: Two women's rights activists have been sentenced to a total of 15 years in prison, Iranian media reported.
Activists Hoda Amid and Najmeh Vahedi, who were both arrested in 2018, were charged by a court in Tehran, Al Arabiya reported.
The arrests were made for “collaborating with the US government against the Islamic Republic on the issue of women and the family,” Iranian news website Emteded reported.
Ms Amid, a lawyer, has been sentenced to eight years in prison in addition to being banned from practicing law for two years, while Ms Vahedi, a sociologist, has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
The duo had organised 'marriage workshops' which aimed at educating women about their rights in marriage, according to Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), a news site run by a collective of Iranian human rights advocates.
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