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A 19-year-old Iranian man has been sentenced to death by hanging for repeatedly drinking alcohol, local newspapers have reported
The man, identified only as Davoud, had already twice been arrested and whipped for committing the offence.
Under the country’s strict Islamic laws, drinking is strictly forbidden, and those caught are usually whipped or heavily fined.
However if caught for a third time an offender can be sentenced to death.
Police arrested the man after he visited a police station to enquire about two of his friends who had also recently been detained.
The authorities noticed he had been drinking and immediately charged, the French news agency AFP reported.
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Friends of an asylum seeker living in the North West claim he faces certain death if he is forced to return to Iran.
Shahin Pasbakhsh, 36, was arrested and taken to a detention centre near Oxford in December 2002 after his asylum application and appeals were rejected.
Mr Pasbakhsh, of Warrington, Cheshire, says he fled Iran because he had had an affair with a married woman and had been sentenced to death by stoning.
He was due to be flown back to Iran on Tuesday, but his removal has been suspended while his lawyers apply for a judicial review.