Notorious Former Iranian Prosecutor Sentenced To More Than 100 Lashes
Said Mortazavi, Iran's notorious former chief prosecutor, has been sentenced to receive 135 lashes for charges related to a corruption trial. Mortazavi, who played a major role in sentencing opposition activists from Iran's Green Movement following the disputed 2009 presidential election, was convicted on November 2 in Tehran of "seizing and wasting public funds" when he headed the country's welfare program. A close ally of hard-line former President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, the sentencing is the culmination a huge fall from grace for a man who ...
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