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- Najmeh Amini, 23, was sentenced to death for blasphemy by an Iranian court.
- She also received a 12-year, six-month, one-day prison term for national-security crimes.
- Amini is held in Vakilabad prison in Mashhad, Iran’s north-east city.
- The death sentence remains pending appeal before Iran’s supreme court.
- Human-rights activists warn the case could normalize death penalties as Iran reports over 600 executions this year.