Iran Sentences Web Developer to Death
Iran’s Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence for Saeed Malekpour, 35, on Tuesday on charges of “insulting and desecrating Islam”. He could now be executed at any time.
Malekpour wrote a photo uploading application that was later used by a porn site. He claims this was done without his knowledge. In a letter translated by Persian2English, a human rights organization, Malekpour writes:
Some of the confessions they forced me to make were so ridiculous and far-fetched that they are not even possible.
For example, they asked me to falsely confess to purchasing software from the UK and then posting it on my website for sale. I was forced to add that when somebody visited my website, the software would be, without his/her knowledge, installed on their computer and would take control of their webcam, even when their webcam is turned off. Although I told them that what they were suggesting was impossible from a technological point of view, they responded that I should not concern myself with such things.
Image: Saeed Malekpour via Amnesty International.
Iran. So frustrated, they’ll fuck anyone who moves. Including their own innocent people.
(Source: futurejournalismproject)
