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Iran: Blogger jailed for three years in pre-election campaign of oppression

NCRI – An Iranian blogger has been sentenced to three years in prison for publishing false reports and ‘insulting the sacred’ by the Revolutionary court in Shiraz.

Family of blogger Kaveh Taheri has also been subjected to threats from the intelligence ministry and the court prosecutor, and his lawyer is said to have been refused access to study his client’s file.

Shiraz Revolutionary Court prosecutor and judge Sadati is waging a campaign of oppression bloggers, writers, students and other sectors of the society in the run up to the June election, when mullahs fear a mass public uprising.

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