An Iranian woman sentenced in the
United States for violating
sanctions against Tehran was released and has returned home, her lawyer told AFP Thursday, following her country's unsuccessful attempt at a prisoner swap.
A judge in Minneapolis sentenced Negar Ghodskani to 27 months in
prison on Tuesday, but determined the time she had already spent in custody in Australia and the United States was enough to fulfill her punishment.
Ghodskani "is now free in
Iran with her family," her lawyer Robert Richman said in an email.