Iranian judiciary says protester Erfan Soltani not sentenced to death; Iran reopens its airspace – live

Iranian state media quotes judiciary as saying Soltani not given death sentence, after family earlier told his execution had been postponed

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More now on Erfan Soltani: the 26-year-old Iranian man arrested on 10 January during Iran’s protests has not been sentenced to death, the country’s judiciary was quoted by state media as saying on Thursday.

The judiciary said Soltani was being charged with “colluding against the country’s internal security and propaganda activities against the regime” but that the death penalty did not apply to such charges if they were confirmed by a court, Reuters has just reported.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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