Hashem Aghajari's lawyer rejected charges of blasphemy...

Hashem Aghajari's lawyer rejected charges of blasphemy against his client after the Iranian Judiciary announced that the veteran intellectual, whose death sentence was quashed on February 14, may face the same punishment during a new trial. Aghajari's lawyer, Saleh Nikbakht, brushed aside those claims. "My client has been accused of apostasy and denying the basics of the (Islamic) religion. This is while apostasy is relevant if one denies God and the prophets ? and my client has not made any statement to this effect," he said.