US Navy Veteran Detained in Iran Gets 10 Years in Prison, Lawyer Says

US Navy Veteran Detained in Iran Gets 10 Years in Prison, Lawyer Says
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A U.S. Navy veteran has been sentenced to 10 years in an Iranian prison, his family’s lawyer said, after he was arrested last July while visiting an Iranian woman in the city of Mashhad.

Michael White, 46, was convicted of two charges, insulting the country’s top leader and posting a private photograph publicly, in separate hearings on March 6 and March 9, according to the lawyer, Mark Zaid.