TEHRAN – A judiciary official has said Nazanin Zaghari, held in Iran since April, was apprehended while leaving for London over her involvement in post-election riots that engulfed Tehran and some other cities in 2009.

The revelations by Yadollah Movahed, the head of the Justice Department of Kerman, are the first details about the 37-year-old’s case, Press TV reported on Sunday.

Movahed said Zaghari was among the suspects who “conducted activities against the security of the country by designing websites and carrying out campaigns in the media” during the post-election “sedition”.