Posted: August 27th, 2010, 2:36pm MSD
[JURIST] An Iranian court has sentenced Qorban Behzadiannejad, the campaign manager for opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi [BBC profile] during the 2009 election [JURIST news archive], to five years in prison, opposition website Kaleme [advocacy website, in Persian] reported [Kaleme report, in Persian] Friday. The report does not identify the charges [AP report] against Behzadiannejad. The former campaign manager was also reportedly fined $100 for insulting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [official website]. In June, Mousavi called for the prosecution [JURIST report] of those who committed fraud during the 2009 election and vowed to continue opposing Ahmadinejad. Earlier that month, Iranian Supreme...