DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's justice minister said a move to execute a convicted Iranian drug offender who has already survived a hanging is ill-advised, suggesting he would not face capital punishment again.
The statement by Justice Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi, who does not run Iran's judiciary, followed international calls for Iran to spare the man, a 37-year-old named only as Alireza M.
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