Iran executes protester just hours after he married bride in prison wedding over the phone
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An Iranian couple jailed for protesting against the regime were permanently separated after the groom, Alireza Sepahi, was executed just hours after they held a wedding over the phone.
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Alireza Sepahi was arrested in the wake of Iran's January protests, was spared public execution in July after suffering a heart attack and married his fiancee on the eve of his death. But on the morning of October 5 came the moment the 25-year-old had feared for months when he was hanged in the cent…
An Iranian couple jailed for protesting against the regime were permanently separated after the groom, Alireza Sepahi, was executed just hours after they held a wedding over the phone.
Alireza Sepahi married his imprisoned fiancée over a prison phone line hours before his execution at Isfahan Central Prison for anti-government protest.
Iran’s ongoing murder of dissidents had an especially heartless episode on Monday, as 25-year-old protester Alireza Sepahi was hanged at dawn just hours after marrying his imprisoned fiancee Mahshad Keshani, 22, in a jailhouse phone call.
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