An Iranian man who handed out hugs and free chocolate to anti-regime protesters is facing the death penalty after being found guilty of ‘waging war against God’.
Mohammed Nasiri, 21, was arrested in the city of Qazvin, to the west of Tehran, last month while giving support and snacks to demonstrators along with three others.
Police tased and arrested him before friends say he was tortured into giving a false confession that he had stabbed a member of pro-regime militia forces with a knife.
He is now facing a possible death sentence, after who were forced to confess to similar crimes.
