Iran releases an Austrian man, the first time his imprisonment made public

Iran releases an Austrian man, the first time his imprisonment made public

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran authorities released an Austrian citizen who was held in prison in the country’s northwest, state media said Tuesday, the first time information about his imprisonment was made public. Mizanonilne.ir news agency, which is affiliated with the country’s tribunals, cited the judiciary department’s head of the province of west Azerbaijan, Nasser

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US court upholds British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction

US court upholds British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction

LONDON (AP) — A U.S. court on Tuesday upheld disgraced British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction on sex trafficking charges for helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein abuse underage girls. The ruling by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said Epstein’s non-prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors in Florida didn’t bar federal prosecutors

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