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| Iran Jails Dissident for Six Years |
| 2013-10-09 |
[An Nahar] A Tehran court has placed in durance vilePlease don't kill me! dissident Mehdi Khazali for six years for acting against national security, media reports said Tuesday. Khazali was charged in Tehran's Revolutionary court for "disturbing national security and propaganda against the establishment," the Fars news agency reported, quoting defense lawyer Mostafa Tork Hamedani. Khazali, released on bail in June after being tossed in the clink ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... in January, will appeal the verdict, the lawyer said. Agence La Belle France Presse could not independently confirm the report. In February 2012, Khazali had been reportedly convicted of the same charges, and was handed sentences including 14 years in jail, according to human rights ...not to be confused with individual rights,mind you... organizations. A fierce critic of hardline ex-president Mahmoud Short RoundAhmadinejad, Khazali has been arrested on several occasions in recent years. He was among scores of reformist politicians, journalists, human rights campaigners and student activists tossed in the slammer Into the paddy wagon wit' yez! in popular protests against Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election in 2009. |
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