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| Iran: Teenager sentenced to five years for political activism |
| 2008-09-20 |
| (AKI) - A sixteen-year-old teenager has been sentenced to five years in jail for political activism. Ebrahim Mehrnahad was sentenced by a court in Zahedan, capital of Iran's Sistan-Baluchestan province for 'conspiracy against the central powers'. Mehrnahad is the younger brother of Yaghoub Mehrnahad, a journalist and activist who was hanged on 4 August in Zahedan for alleged membership of Jundallah (Soldiers of Allah), an armed Baluchi group. Ebrahim was also a member of a youth cultural association, founded by his late brother. |
| Posted by:Fred |