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CAIRO — An Iranian journalist sentenced to death on terrorism charges has been executed in what a human-rights group Tuesday called a “state- sanctioned murder” carried out after a secret trial.
Yaghoob Mirnehad was executed Monday after Iran had accused him of being involved in the armed Jundallah group.
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said no evidence of links with Jundallah or involvement in armed attacks was presented at Mirnehad’s trial earlier this year.
In addition to writing for a Tehran-based newspaper, Mirnehad ran a charity to improve childhood education in Iran. As part of that work, he criticized local government officials and called for their resignations. The Associated Press
