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Lawyer: Court sentences Iranian-British woman detained at volleyball match to year in prison

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This 2012 photo provided by the Free Ghoncheh Campaign, shows Iranian-British Ghoncheh Ghavami posing for a photograph in London, England. Ghavami detained while trying to attend a men's volleyball game has been sentenced to one year in prison, her lawyer said Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014. Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaei told The Associated Press that a court found Ghavami, 25, guilty of "propagating against the ruling system." (AP Photo/Free Ghoncheh Campaign) (The Associated Press)

This 2011 photo provided by the Free Ghoncheh Campaign, shows Iranian-British Ghoncheh Ghavami in Isfahan, Iran. Ghavami detained while trying to attend a men's volleyball game has been sentenced to one year in prison, her lawyer said Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014. Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaei told The Associated Press that a court found Ghavami, 25, guilty of "propagating against the ruling system." (AP Photo/Free Ghoncheh Campaign) (The Associated Press)

This 2011 photo provided by the Free Ghoncheh Campaign, shows Iranian-British Ghoncheh Ghavami in Isfahan, Iran. Ghavami detained while trying to attend a men's volleyball game has been sentenced to one year in prison, her lawyer said Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014. Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaei told The Associated Press that a court found Ghavami, 25, guilty of "propagating against the ruling system." (AP Photo/Free Ghoncheh Campaign) (The Associated Press)

A lawyer in Iran says an Iranian-British woman detained while trying to attend a men's volleyball game has been sentenced to one year in prison.

Lawyer Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaei told The Associated Press on Sunday that a court found 25-year-old Ghoncheh Ghavami guilty of "propagating against the ruling system." Tabatabaei says he has been shown the text of the verdict but is still waiting to officially receive it. He declined to immediately comment further.

Ghavami was detained in June at a Tehran stadium after trying to attend a men's volleyball match between Iran and Italy. She was held for a few hours and then released but she was detained again a few days later. She stood trial last month.