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Defending a person on trial for murder should not be turned into a human rights matter. RAMIN MEHMANPARAST, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman, speaking to state-run Press TV.
Wednesday, Sep. 08, 2010

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  • RAMIN MEHMANPARAST,
  • spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, on the stoning sentence of an Iranian woman who was convicted of adultery and murder
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