Iran’s highest court rejected the appeal of 10 Jews imprisoned on charges of espionage, according to the nation’s official news agency. News reports earlier this week said the 10 had sent a letter to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, asking to be pardoned from sentences ranging from two to nine years.
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