A British-Iranian woman has been sentenced to serving a year in Iran’s prison system. Her crime is attempting to attend a volleyball game in Tehran.

A British-Iranian woman, Ghoncheh Ghavami, has been sentenced to a year in prison for attempting to watch a volleyball match.

Officials have characterized her act as ‘propaganda against the state’.

Female attendance at volleyball events was banned in 2012, extending an existing prohibition against their being at soccer matches.

It’s said that such laws are in place as a means of shielding women from the inappropriate and lewd behavior displayed by males at sporting events.

On June 20th Ghavami and a group of women tried to go to a match at Freedom Stadium in Tehran, and all of them were arrested before entering the venue.

Authorities said they were taken into custody because of security matters.

They were subsequently released, but reports indicate the women had allegedly been beaten.

It wasn’t long before authorities again arrested Ghavami and placed her in a prison that’s been described as "brutal."

On the matter, Britain’s Foreign Office said, "We have concerns about the grounds for this prosecution, due process during the trial, and Miss Ghavami's treatment whilst in custody."

Amnesty International is demanding that she be released immediately.