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Supporters
of Canadian-Iranian software engineer Saeed Malekpour demonstrate
to demand his
release, in Phillips Square in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Iran
has suspended the
death sentence against Malekpour, who was convicted
for allegedly designing a
pornographic website after he "repented", Mehr news
agency reported
quoting his attorney.
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Iran has
suspended the death sentence against a computer programmer convicted for
allegedly designing a pornographic website after he "repented", Mehr
news agency reported on Sunday quoting his attorney.
Saeed
Malekpour, a permanent resident of Canada, was arrested in December 2008 in
Iran when he returned to his native land to visit his dying father and accused
of operating up an offensive website.
According
to human rights group and his family, the 37-year-old was found guilty in
December 2010 on three counts, including "designing and moderating adult
content websites" "and "insulting the sanctity of Islam."
Malekpour
developed a programme for posting pictures on the Internet and that it was used
without his knowledge for the creation of porn sites, human rights group and
his family said.
"My
client was sentenced to death by a revolutionary court and the verdict was
confirmed by the supreme court... but he later repented," lawyer Mahmoud
Alizadeh Tabatabee said.
"We
now hope that my client will receive a reduced sentence," the lawyer
added.
In late
January the supreme court confirmed the death sentence against Malekpour,
Iranian media reported.
The verdict
provoked an international outcry.
In
February, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton called on Iran to halt the
execution while Canada and rights watchdog Amnesty International also called
for Malekpour's immediate release.
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