Tehran  - A court in Tehran has convicted Iranian-US scholar Kian Tajbakhsh to a 12-year jail term, the official news agency IRNA reported Tuesday.

IRNA quoted Tajbakh's lawyer as confirming that his client was convicted and sentenced to the 12-year jail term for his involvement in political unrest following the June
12 presidential election which led to re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (dpa)