To kurdiske journalister er dømt til døden i Iran, for det som kalles "moharebeh", en grov krenkelse av islam og staten.
The Iranian judiciary confirmed that two journalists from the country's Kurdish minority have been sentenced to death, state media reported Tuesday.The verdict is a rare for journalists in Iran, despite constant state pressure on media workers.
The two men, Adnan Hassanpour and Hiva Boutimar, were sentenced on the charge of "moharebeh," a term Iran uses to describe a major crime against Islam and the state, judiciary spokesman Ali Reza Jamshidi told the Islamic Republic News Agency.
"Moharebeh" literally means "fighting" in classical Arabic.
But IRNA did not specify what precise crime the journalists were accused of, and it was unclear when or how the sentences would be carried out.
The journalists were deemed activists in Sanandaj, the capital of the western Iranian province of Kurdistan, which borders Iraq. They were detained after Kurds protested in Sanandaj in 2005.
Tehran has accused the United States of stoking ethnic minority tensions in northwestern Iran's Kurdish regions.
ran sentences 2 journalists to death
On July 17th 2007, authorities in Iran's northwestern Kurdistan Province outrageously condemned to death two ethnic Kurds for allegedly acting against the country's national security. This blog is to spread awareness of this deep injustice and update friends and supporters of progress in our campaign to preserve the lives of Adnan Hassanpour and Hiwa Butimar. We have until Aug 14th
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Skrev om kurdisk historie
I følge Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty ble Adnan Hassanpour dømt sammen med en kjent kurdisk aktivist, Hiwa Butimar. Begge ble angivelig dømt til døden for forbrytelser mot Irans nasjonale sikkerhet.
- Det er ikke sant. Alt Adnan har gjort er skrive artikler om undertrykkingen av kurderne i Iran. Han hadde laget en bok om kurdisk historie. Det var derfor soldatene kom og tok ham, forteller Ata Hassanpour.
Sammen med søsteren Serweh har han bodd i Norge siden 2003. De to måtte flykte fra Iran fordi de jobbet for kurdernes sak. Andre familiemedlemmer har flyttet til irakisk Kurdistan. Adnan Hassanpour ble igjen i hjembyen Mariwan, der han arbeidet som journalist i ukebladet «Aso». Bladet ble stanset av iranske myndigheter i august 2005. 25. januar i år ble Adnan pågrepet av seks agenter fra iransk etterretningsvesen.
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