Iran Sentences Student to Death in Blasphemy Case

Iran Sentences Student to Death in Blasphemy Case

Iran has sentenced Najmeh Amini, 23, an accounting student held in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad, to death for sab ol-nabi, the charge of insulting the Prophet Muhammad, over a social-media post. Amini says she posted while hallucinating on psychedelic mushrooms. The ruling can be appealed to Iran's supreme court.

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