Iran detains leading Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh

BEIRUT, Lebanon: Iranian intelligence agents have detained leading Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh at her house in Tehran, her daughter Mehraveh Khandan says. Winner of the European Union's prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 2012, Sotoudeh, 64, is well known for taking up cases for activists, opposition politicians, and women prosecuted for removing their headscarves, including Nobe