"The imprisoned iranian lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh has been sentenced to 38 years in prison and 148 lashes, writes her husband, Reza Khandan, in a post on Facebook."
"Sotoudeh has been detained since June last year. Her defense attorney Payam Derafshan said to the state iranian news agency Irna in december that she was prosecuted for spreading anti-state information, insulting the supreme leader, and espionage."
"the News of the penalty comes just days after the harshly repressed, conservative Ebrahim Raisi appointed to the supreme chief of the judiciary of Iran."
"the Court has not commented on the data."
"Sotoudeh was in prison between 2010 and 2013, after having been sentenced to, inter alia, spreading propaganda and conspiring against the state."
"Last year represented Sotoudeh several women who publicly took off their veils in protest against Iran's strict laws that women must wear clothing in line with islamic precepts."