TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian man faces a possible lengthy prison term or even the death penalty for attaching a sticker to the rear window of his car proclaiming "The era of arrogant rulers is over".
"My client faces jail for acting against national security just because of that sticker," attorney Mohammad Ali Dadkhah told Reuters on Thursday.
The charge of acting against national security normally carries a hefty prison sentence and in some cases has led to the death penalty being imposed.
Dadkhah said Ali Akbar Najafi, 27, an unlicensed taxi (news - web sites) driver, was arrested in June in southern Tehran. He said his client had thought up the slogan himself, but that it was not specifically aimed at Iran's clerical establishment.
"After being kept blindfolded in solitary confinement for 53 days he now suffers psychological problems," said Dadkhah, who was asked by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, to represent Najafi.
Najafi was released on bail of $25,000 (17,300 pounds) and ordered to appear before a branch of the Revolutionary Court on December 28.
His arrest in June coincided with a rash of pro-democracy protests during which around 4,000 people were arrested. The vast majority of them were released without charge.
When asked on Wednesday whether Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) ought to receive the death penalty, Iran's President Mohammad Khatami (news - web sites) said: "If anyone is to be executed, the most appropriate person would be Saddam. But it don't want any human being, even a criminal, to be killed if there is an alternative."
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they need to crawl out of the middleages in these countries & fast 
Talk about unfair.The guy was just relieved to be free.Apparently,he wasnt.
Its sad that they would kill a person for what they believed in 
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that still goes of in every country not just those in the middle east! when important people like leaders are assassinated!.
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and its ironic they where once the leading and most intelligent countries around
we would prolly still be using the 4 humours(?) theory if they hadn't shown the western world it was a pile of plop!
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This is the reality we live in.
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