Iran sentences reporter to death on terrorism charge

Iran announced today that it had sentenced journalist Yaghoob Mirnehad to death for his alleged role in a terrorism organization, the Associated Press reports.

Mirnehad worked for a Tehran-based daily newspaper, Mardomsalari, in the southeastern part of the country. He was arrested last May.

Ali Reza Jamshidi, a spokesman for Iran’s judiciary, said Mirnehad could appeal his sentence to Iran’s Supreme Court.