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Iran arrests woman accused of links to UK-based TV channel

Demonstrators attend a protest in support of Iranian women and against the death of Mahsa Amini, near the Iranian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey [File: Dilara Senkaya/Reuters]

A woman arrested by Iran’s security forces has been charged with communicating with and transmitting information to a London-based television broadcaster, Iran International, which Iran’s government has accused of fomenting unrest, local media reported.

Fars, a semi-official news agency, reported on Thursday that Elham Afkari was arrested as she tried to flee the country and that she was an “agent” of the broadcaster.

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