When 22-year-old student Hamed Ruhinejad first heard about the street protests that erupted throughout in Iran following the country's presidential election, he was already in jail. In fact, when the contentious June 12 vote took place, he had already been serving time at Tehran's Evin prison for about 40 days. But that fact didn't spare Ruhinejad, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, from a death sentence imposed for participating in rallies he could not possibly have attended.

Three people arrested during protests over disputed presidential poll are sentenced.