Campaigners call for release of vulnerable British businessman jailed in Iran

Amnesty International UK

Amnesty International is calling for a British businessman jailed in Iran to be urgently released under Iranian early-release rules.

Kamal Foroughi, a 76-year-old consultant with the oil and gas company Petronas, is serving an eight-year jail sentence in Evin Prison in Iran after being convicted of espionage and possessing alcohol. Foroughi was originally detained in May 2011 and under Iranian law (Article 58 of the Islamic Penal Code) is eligible for conditional release after serving more than a third of his prison sentence.

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