One man was hanged in the southwestern Iranian town of Ahvaz convicted of apostasy, reported

31 January 2011 :

One man was hanged in the southwestern Iranian town of Ahvaz convicted of apostasy, reported the Iranian news website Mashregh.
According to the report the man who was identified as "Ali Ghorabat" also known as "Saed", was convicted of apostasy for "claiming to have contact with the God and the 12th Shiite Imam". He was executed in the Karoun prison of Ahvaz, said the report.
 

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