Iran to Execute Two Porn Site Operators

Last month, another man received same sentence
By Mark Russell,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 31, 2011 1:08 PM CST

Two people in Iran were condemned to death yesterday for running porn sites, reports the AFP. "Two administrators of porn sites have been sentenced to death in two different (court) branches and (the verdicts) have been sent to the supreme court for confirmation," said Iran's prosecutor general. In December, an Iranian-born Canadian resident who traveled to Iran to visit his sick father in 2008 was sentenced to death for allegedly designing an adult website.

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