AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL URGES IRAN TO RESCIND FIRST DEATH SENTENCE

Amnesty International urged Iran to rescind a death sentence imposed on Mohammad-Reza Ali-Zamani, the first person to be sentenced to death for protesting the disputed June presidential election. "Zamani's trial was a mockery of justice," said Amnesty International USA Executive Director Larry Cox. "To impose the death sentence is beyond deplorable. Iran should immediately rescind this sentence."