Iran Press/Europe: Spain’s supreme court announced its verdict in the landmark trial of 12 Catalan separatists' leaders accused of rebellion, sedition, and misuse of public funds over their roles in the failed push for a secession two years ago.
The Supreme Court in Madrid handed 9 leaders jail sentences of up to 13 years in an unprecedented ruling that marks a watershed in relations with the troubled region.
Former Catalan Vice President Oriol Junqueras was handed the stiffest sentence while Carles Puigdemont, who was regional president at the time, remains in exile in Belgium.
Catalonia, a wealthy region in northern Spain, made a unilateral declaration of independence in October 2017 but the move was stopped by the Spanish authorities because it was against the country's constitution.
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