Male Iranian feminist sentenced to one year in jail

Tehran: A male Iranian feminist has been given a one year jail term, Iran's Kargozan newspaper said on Monday.

Amir Yaqoubali was allegedly arrested while collecting signatures for a petition called "One Million Signatures," launched in June 2006.

The campaign advocates change in Iran's marriage, divorce, inheritance and child custody laws.

Iran frequently arrests feminists, many of whom are still in jail.

Recently, Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced four feminists, Rezvan Moghadam, Nahid Jafari, Nasrin Afzali and Marzieh Mortazi Langueroudi, to six months in prison and 10 lashes each.

They were arrested in March 2007 for protesting the arrest of five feminists earlier.