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Iranian authorities have arrested a lawyer for spreading "lies" after claiming that a Sufi man executed this week was wrongfully convicted of killing three police officers, local media report. 

The semiofficial Fars news agency said on June 20 that an arrest warrant was issued against Zeinab Taheri for making "false statements" and because of "her lies propagated online claiming [Mohammad Salas] was not guilty." 

The judiciary chief for Tehran Province, Gholamhossein Esmaili, was quoted as saying that Taheri was never a lawyer for Salas and did not have reliable information on the case. 

Salas, 51, was hanged near Tehran early on June 18 after beingconvicted of killing three police officers during clashes involving members of a Sufi order, despite calls to stop his execution. 

Taheri has been a vocal advocate for Salas by denouncing publicly the unfairness of his trial. 

In a statement condemning Taheri’s arrest, Amnesty International described her as Salas’s lawyer. 

“Her arrest exposes yet again the Iranian authorities’ relentless persecution of lawyers who speak out against torture and unfair trials,” said Philip Luther, Research and Advocacy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at the London-based group, said. 

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