Iran's hardline judiciary hastened to play down a provincial...
Iran's hardline judiciary hastened to play down a provincial judge's confirmation of a death sentence for blasphemy on dissident academic Hashem Aghajari, saying the verdict was not final
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Iran's hardline judiciary hastened to play down a provincial judge's confirmation of a death sentence for blasphemy on dissident academic Hashem Aghajari, saying the verdict was not final. Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Elham, said it was still up to the supreme court to hand down a definitive judgement.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Agence France Presse, 04/05/2004)
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