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Iran sentences journalist to death
- Iran: Thursday, February 21 - 2008 at 14:06
Iran has sentenced a journalist to death, accusing him of being a member of a terrorist group in the country's southeast, the judiciary said, reported the New York Times. Yaghoob Mirnehad who is an ethnic Baluchi, was a journalist in southeastern Iran for Mardomsalari, a newspaper based in Tehran. He was arrested with his brother and four others in May. The other five men were released within three months, while Mirnehad was kept in prison. The number of executions in Iran has risen steeply in the past year. Iranian news agencies reported that 12 people were hanged this week bringing the total number of executions to 48 in 2008.
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Amena Bakr, Senior ReporterThursday, February 21 - 2008 at 14:06 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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