Iran executes journalist
6/8/08; http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=9820
An Iranian journalist convicted and sentenced to death on terrorism charges has been executed, the country’s judiciary said Tuesday. Yaghoob Mirnehad was executed Monday in the city of Zahedan after being sentenced to death earlier this year, said judiciary spokesman Ali Reza Jamshidi. Iran accused Mirnehad of being involved in the armed Jundallah group, which operates along the Iranian-Pakistani border. Authorities said he set up a group to “cooperate” with Jundallah. Mirnehad was a reporter for a Tehran-based daily newspaper, Mardomsalari. He also ran a charity that focused on childhood education. He was arrested in May 2007 in Zahedan, the provincial capital of the Sistan-Baluchistan province about 1,600 kilometres southeast of Tehran. Jamshidi said Mirnehad’s conviction was not related to his job, but he gave no other details. State-run Press TV reported on its website that another alleged member of Jundallah has been executed along with Mirnehad.
Tags: Capital Punishment, Iran