A former Iranian vice-president has been sentenced to six years in jail for attempting to destabilise the country following June’s disputed elections.
Mohammed Ali Abtahi is one of the most high-profile reformers to be convicted of fomenting street protests.
Around 80 have been jailed and five have been sentenced to death over the unrest that followed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed poll victory.
Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi has called for government restraint.
“The government should not intimidate people to change their path,” he was quoted as saying on his Kaleme website.
