Iran journalist jailed on spy charge

Iranian freelance business journalist Ali Farahbakhsh has been sentenced by a Tehran revolutionary court to three years jail and fined £35,000 on a charge of spying. He was arrested in November after a trip to Bangkok, where he took part in a media conference. Farahbakhsh had been a contributor to several pro-reform newspapers that have been closed by the authorities. He is the sixth journalist serving time in Iran, and three more were arrested earlier this month. (Via Reporters without Borders)