Iran: Death sentence for 'promoter of porn' upheld

Iran's state media said Sunday that the Supreme Court upheld a death sentence against a web developer convicted of spreading corruption.

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The semiofficial Fars news agency said blogger Saeed Malekpour was found guilty of promoting pornographic sites, adding that the Supreme Court approved the death sentence handed down by a Revolutionary Court that deals with security crimes.

Malekpour was reported imprisoned in October, 2008 and confessed on Iranian TV that he developed and promoted pornographic websites.

The website gerdab.ir, affiliated with the elite Revolutionary Guard, called Malekpour the head of the biggest Persian-language network of pornographic websites.

In 2001 an Iranian porno actress was stoned to death for appearing in "perverse and immoral" films.

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