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IRAN: STUDENT’S DEATH SENTENCE FOR THROWING ROCKS REVERSED
May 16, 2010: in Iran, Tehran’s Prosecutor General, Abbas Jaafari Dowlatabadi, announced that the death sentence of Mohammad Amin Valian, a 20- year- old student, for throwing three rocks during a protest, was rejected by the appeals court and he was sentenced to a 3.5 year prison sentence and a fine of $300 (3 million Rials).
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran welcomes the reversal of Valian’s sentence. (Sources: Iranhumanrights.org, 17/05/2010)
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