Английская Википедия:Aliasghar Honarmand
Aliasghar Honarmand is an Iranian journalist. He is the founder of the gadget news website Narenji.[1]
He is currently serving an 11-year jail sentence in Iran, having been arrested in December 2013 and tried by the Iranian government, allegedly for espionage against the state. More than a dozen members of the Narenji team were arrested alongside Honarmand. Some remain in jail, serving sentences of between two and seven years. Their arrest was televised by Iranian state TV.[2]
They were accused of trying to orchestrate a '...soft overthrow' of the Iranian regime", having attended training courses hosted by the BBC. The Iranian state has been known to suspect the BBC of being a tool for UK espionage in the region, a claim the BBC denies.[3] Honarmand unsuccessfully appealed his sentence in 2015.[4]
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