Iran sentences another activist to death
20:13 / 10.02.2010 An Iranian court has convicted another opposition activist on charges related to the country’s post-election turmoil and sentenced him to death, the judiciary said Tuesday, APA reports citing “Associated Press”.
The sentencing brings to at least 10 the number of those facing the death penalty in a mass trial over the unrest following Iran’s disputed June presidential elections. The Web site of the country’s judiciary said the activist was convicted of Moharebeh, or defiance of God, and handed the capital punishment. The report also said that eight more people were sentenced to unspecified prison terms.
The eight were arrested following deadly clashes in late December between opposition protesters and security forces, it said. The report did not identify those convicted or say when they were sentenced.
The Web site also said that an appeals court has upheld earlier convictions and sentences for 35 opposition activists. Those included a five-year sentence for Behzad Nabavi, a deputy parliament speaker in the 1990s and a close ally of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi.
Nabavi also served as deputy prime minister in the early 1980s when he negotiated with U.S. officials the release of American hostages held in the 1979 takeover by militant students of the U.S. embassy in Tehran.Bu yazı ( 362 ) - dəfə oxunmuşdur
