Iran court quashes death sentence in 'porn' case
The Guardian / Saeed Kamali Dehghan
06-Jun-2011 (3 comments)


Iran's supreme court has quashed the death sentence for Saeed Malekpour, a web programmer who was facing execution on charges of developing and promoting porn websites.

The 35-year-old was convicted of designing and moderating adult materials online although his family said he was a web programmer whose photo uploading software was used by a porn website without his knowledge.

Defence lawyers said the conviction was quashed after they provided the court with expert evidence. Malekpour, a Canadian resident who was arrested in October 2008 on arrival in Tehran, will remain in jail while a judicial review into his case is held.

Speaking from Toronto, his wife, Fatima Eftekhari, said: "This a sigh of relief for me, I'm very pleased that his life is finally saved.

"It's unbelievable that someone in this world has spent three years of his life in jail for merely designing software and was until now facing execution for that."

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Anahid Hojjati

Simorgh, I agree

by Anahid Hojjati on Tue Jun 07, 2011 09:24 AM PDT

It is tragic what he had to go through just because he was a software programmer. His ordeal is not over but I am glad to hear that they will not execute him.


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Anahid

by Simorgh5555 on Tue Jun 07, 2011 09:18 AM PDT

It is a relief they spared his life but God knows what physical and mental trauma they have subjected him to. The fight is not over until he is released from prison in one piece. My thoughts are with his wife and family.


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Anahid Hojjati

Good news

by Anahid Hojjati on Tue Jun 07, 2011 05:20 AM PDT

Glad that his life is saved.


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