Iran halts hanging of Kurdish student

TEHRAN: A defense counsel in Iran says authorities have halted a unresolved of a Kurdish student condemned to death for subsidy a insurgent group.

The counsel for Habibollah Latifi was quoted by Iran's ISNA news organisation on Sunday as saying officials temporarily blocked a execution before long before it was scheduled.

The lawyer, Nemat Ahmadi, had called for a full review of a case. Amnesty International as well as other rights groups additionally have protested against a execution.

Latifi was condemned in 2008 for ancillary a Party for Free Life in Kurdistan, or PEJAK, that says it is fighting for greater rights for a Kurdish minority in Iran.

Iranian authorities blame a organisation for attacks as well as clashes. Latifi claims he never took part in violence.

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