A verdict has been issued for Marzieh Vafamehr, sentencing her to a year in jail and 90 lashes.
The government arrested a further six independent filmmakers last month, on charges of collaborating with the BBC to show the country in a poor light. Two of them, Naser Saffarian and Mohsen Shahrnazdar, who were accused of providing the BBC's Farsi foreign language service with information, films and secret reports to paint "a black picture of Iran and Iranians, Vafamehr is not the only person in the Iranian film industry to face harsh treatment.

