UNITED KINGDOM. MAN 'FACES DEATH IF EXPELLED' TO IRAN

an Iranian man will be executed for owning a satellite television system if he is sent home, MP Clare Short told Britain’s House of Commons. Short pleaded with Ministers to reconsider the case of the man and his family, after the Home Office ordered his deportation. Satellite television systems are banned in Iran and owning one is seen as evidence of illegal political activity, she said.
Her constituent, a chemist, had found himself targeted by an influential Islamist group after being involved in a tragic road traffic accident, she said.
The son of a high-ranking member of an influential Islamist group called Feshar died as a result of the accident.
"The court ordered him to pay blood money or be executed. Obviously he accepted the order to pay blood money.
"The boy's family would not accept blood money, but said they would agree to accept it and would not demand execution if my constituent agreed to engage his 11-year-old daughter to the brother of the boy's father, a 42-year-old."
Although the father initially agreed, he ended the engagement when the fiancé began calling at the family home demanding to see his daughter.
"That led to an invasion of the house. The invaders found the satellite television, which is illegal in Iran. They also claimed to have found political books and alcohol."
Her constituent paid a people-smuggler to get him and his family out of Iran and into Britain, using false visas, she said.
Immigration Minister Tony McNulty said he could not comment because an application had been made for the High Court to consider the case.