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An Iranian court has sentenced a man to one year in prison after police arrested him last year for collecting signatures in a Tehran park in support of women's rights, his lawyer said Sunday.

Amir Yaghoub-Ali, a twenty-two year-old student, was found guilty on May 25 of endangering national security and spreading propaganda.

Yaghoub-Ali's signature campaign was in support of the larger One Million Signatures Campaign, protesting Iran's interpretation of Sharia law under which women must obtain a male guardian's permission to work or travel, are prohibited from serving as judges, and have their court testimony given only half the value of a man's.

Yaghoub-Ali's lawyers plan to appeal.

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