Top court overturns death sentence for activist

Iran’s highest court overturned the death sentence of a woman labour rights activist who was accused of links to an anti-Iran Kurdish terrorist group, local media reported Saturday.
“The Supreme Court... has overturned the verdict against my client, Ms. Sharifeh Mohammadi,” her lawyer Amir Raisian was quoted as saying by the Shargh daily.
He added that the case was referred for a re-trial.
Mohammadi, 45, was sentenced to death in early July following her arrest in the northern city of Rasht over accusations of being a member of the Komala party, according to rights groups.
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