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Legal Action
January 27
Abbas Maroufi, Gardoon, LEGAL ACTION
A Tehran court sentenced Maroufi, editor in chief of the literary and cultural monthly Gardoon, to 35 lashes and six months in prison for "publishing lies" and insulting Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The court banned Maroufi from engaging in journalistic activities for two years. On July 10, it was reported that Maroufi, who was permitted to leave Iran without serving his sentence, is in Germany seeking political asylum.
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