Iran confirms death sentence for blogger who insulted Prophet on Facebook

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The Supreme Court in Iran confirmed the death sentence for a local blogger accused of insulting the Prophet Mohammed in several Facebook posts, according to local reports and human rights organizations.

Soheil Arabi, 30, was arrested in November of 2013 by Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps’ (IRGC) and was sentenced to death back in September after he admitted to running several Facebook pages in which he posted messages insulting the Prophet. (The insults have never been specified, and the pages removed.)

Atrocity: Soheil Arabi's death sentence upheld by Supreme Court.

His crime: his #Facebook posts were considered insult to the Prophet #Iran

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