Iran Calls Political Opponents Enemies Of Islam (ap)

FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2009, file photo, released by the semi-official Fars News Agency, Mohammad Reza Ali Zamani, walks through the revolutionary court in Tehran, Iran. Ali Zamani was hanged on 'moharebeh' offenses Thursday, Jan 28, 2010, after he was convicted of trying to topple 'the Islamic establishment' and for membership of armed opposition groups. 'Moharebeh' crimes, which Iran's legal code defines as 'defiance of God', or the state, are punishable by hanging. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Ali Rafiee, file) EDITORS NOTE AS A RESULT OF AN OFFICIAL IRANIAN GOVERNMENT BAN ON FOREIGN MEDIA COVERING SOME EVENTS IN IRAN, THE AP WAS PREVENTED FROM INDEPENDENT ACCESS TO THIS EVENTAP – A traditional Islamic concept about protecting the faith and its followers has become a judicial weapon for Iran’s rulers: charging opponents as so-called enemies of God with the threat of possible death sentences.

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