Man sentenced to death for drinking
From Times Wire Reports
An Iranian court has sentenced a 22-year-old man to death for violating the Islamic Republic’s ban on drinking alcohol several times, a news agency said.
Under Iran’s Islamic Sharia law, a person who is caught drinking for a fourth time and confesses faces possible capital punishment, even though legal experts say executions for the offense are very rare.
The man, identified only by his first name, Mohsen, can appeal.
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