US Navy veteran held in Iran is sentenced to 10 years, lawyers say
by Melissa Etehad, Los Angeles Times
Mar 14, 2019
2 minutes
Lawyers representing the family of an American citizen from San Diego detained in Iran said Thursday that the Navy veteran has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for insulting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and for disclosing private information by posting a photo on Instagram of a woman he was visiting.
Michael White, 46, was detained in Mashhad, a religious city
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