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Iranian Election Protester Sentenced to Death

Capital sentence is first since June crackdown

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 9, 2009 4:47 PM CDT

(Newser) – An Iranian political dissident has become the first person arrested during June's post-election protests to be sentenced to death. Muhammad-Reza Ali-Zamani is a member of the Kingom Assembly of Iran, which seeks to undo the Islamic revolution and restore the shah to power. News of the sentence, which was handed down on Monday, appeared on an Iranian opposition website, the New York Times reports.

Some hundreds of thousands of supporters of candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, urn out to protest the result of the election at a mass rally in Azadi (Freedom) square in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2009.
Some hundreds of thousands of supporters of candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, urn out to protest the result of the election at a mass rally in Azadi (Freedom) square in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2009.   (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Some hundreds of thousands of supporters of candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, urn out to protest the result of the election at a mass rally in Azadi (Freedom) square in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2009.
Some hundreds of thousands of supporters of candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, urn out to protest the result of the election at a mass rally in Azadi (Freedom) square in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2009.   (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Spudsy
Oct 10, 2009 2:10 AM CDT
Oh look. A country with religion in it's government. Will all christians seeking to do this to us please leave the country.
kokuaguy
Oct 9, 2009 11:26 AM CDT
It's gone-- was it that post by stopthepresses about the Nobel Committee feeling sorry for the POTUS?
divetrader
Oct 9, 2009 11:12 AM CDT
Anyone have an idea what he did besides protest the election?

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