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German-Turkish aid worker sentenced to ten years in prison in Iran

A German-Turkish aid worker and founder of the relief organization STELP has been sentenced to ten years in prison in Iran, according to Iranian media reports. The individual had been detained for more than a year prior to the ruling. The specific charges leading to the sentence have not been publicly detailed in the reports.

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WhereIran
34.308, 51.620 ±400 km
First reported32 days ago
Published2026-09-23 18:48 UTC
Sources2
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Reports3Independent tellings2
2 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. German-Turkish aid worker sentenced to ten years in prison in Iran. 2026-09-23T18:48:11.963Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:3305. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-23/foreign-national-detention-iran-0b778689

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