Iran Sentences Blogger

An Iranian policeman has been sentenced to three years in jail, 74 lashes and two years' internal exile for the unpremeditated killing of a blogger in 2012, media reported on Saturday.

An Iranian news website says a court has sentenced a well-known Canadian-Iranian blogger to more than 19 years in prison.The conservative website, Mashreghnews.ir, which is close to Iran's presidential office, says Hossein Derakhshan was convicted on charges of cooperation with hostile countries, spreading propaganda against the ruling establishmen...

An Iranian policeman has been sentenced to three years in jail, 74 lashes and two years' internal exile for the unpremeditated killing of a blogger in 2012, media reported on Saturday.

An Iranian news website says a court has sentenced a well-known Canadian-Iranian blogger to more than 19 years in prison.The conservative website, Mashreghnews.ir, which is close to Iran's presidential office, says Hossein Derakhshan was convicted on charges of cooperation with hostile countries, spreading propaganda against the ruling establishmen...