Seyed Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaie, the lawyer representing Mohammad Ali Taheri said the following about the latest status of his client’s case in court.
“Mohammad Ali Taheri’s death sentence was issued and we were informed about it on July 29. We have until August 19 to protest and file an appeal.”
Mohammad Ali Taheri, the founder of the ‘Erfan Halghe’ sect, was arrested 2010 on charges of apostasy, insulting religious sanctities, ‘corruption on earth’ and insulting Prophet Mohamed of Islam. He was released on bail 67 days later, yet arrested and thrown to jail again in 2011.
(State-run Reporters Club – August 12, 2015)
