Death sentence on porn websites developer upheld by Iran court

By The Newsroom

Published 30th Jan 2012, 00:00 BST

Iran’s state media said the supreme court has upheld a death sentence against a web developer convicted of “spreading corruption”.

The semi-official Fars news agency yesterday said blogger Saeed Malekpour was found guilty of promoting pornographic sites. It said the supreme court approved the death sentence handed down by a revolutionary court that deals with security crimes.

Malekpour was reported imprisoned in October 2008 and confessed on Iranian TV that he developed and promoted pornographic websites.