A woman arrested on Thursday by Iran's security forces has been formally charged with communicating with and transmitting information to a London-based television broadcaster, which Iran's clerical rulers have accused of fomenting unrest.
The arrest comes amid one of the boldest challenges to Iran's clerical rulers since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, with nationwide protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of morality police for not wearing "appropriate attire".
Fars, a semi-official news agency affiliated with Iran's Revolutionary Guards, reported that Elham Afkari was arrested as she tried to flee the country and that she was an "agent" of the Iran International broadcaster, whose officials could not immediately be reached for comment.
