CHRI: More than 47,000 people have signed a petition calling for the release of British-Iranian dual national Anoosheh Ashoori, who has been imprisoned by the authorities in Iran on unsubstantiated espionage charges.

Ashoori’s prison sentence—10 years for “spying for the Mossad” and two years for “illegitimately acquiring 33,000 euros”—was announced by the Iranian Judiciary Spokesman Gholam-Hossein Esmaili on August 27.

The 65-year-old civil engineer and father of two is being held in Ward 7 at Tehran’s Evin Prison.

He was arrested while visiting his mother in Iran.