| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Iran is a state party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which expressly prohibits torture.He is serving a sentence of 18 months' imprisonment and 50 lashes, confirmed on appeal in October 2006, after he was convicted of taking part in a May 2006 demonstration by Iranian Azerbaijanis in his home town of Ardabil against a cartoon published in an Iranian newspaper w
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