TEHRAN: Iran has sentenced to death five people over the killing of a member of the Basij paramilitary force during nationwide protests, the judiciary said Tuesday.
Another 11 people, including three children, were handed lengthy jail terms over the death of Ruhollah Ajamian, judiciary spokesman Massoud Setayeshi told a news conference, adding the sentences could be appealed.
A group of 15 people had been charged with “corruption on earth” over the death of Ajamian on November 3 in Karaj, a city west of Tehran, the judiciary’s Mizan Online website reported last week.
Prosecutors said Ajamian, 27, was stripped naked and killed by a group of mourners who had been paying tribute to a slain protester, Hadis Najafi, during ceremonies marking 40 days since her death.
Najafi was killed during unrest that has gripped Iran since the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian of Kurdish origin, after her arrest for an alleged breach of the country’s dress code for women.
Initially, on November 12, Mizan Online announced charges for 11 people over Ajamian’s killing, including a woman but as the trial opened, it said 15 defendants in the case had been charged.
An Iranian general said on Monday that more than 300 people have been killed in the unrest, including dozens of members of the security forces.
Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands have been arrested, including 40 foreigners and prominent actors, journalists and lawyers.
The latest court rulings bring to 11 the number of people sentenced to death in Iran over the violence sparked by Amini’s death.
Iran sentences five to death over killing of Basij paramilitary
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Iran sentences five to death over killing of Basij paramilitary
- Another 11 people, including 3 children, were handed lengthy jail terms
Syrian army announces full control on Deir Hafer, Maskanah in Aleppo area
- The command said army forces had also started advancing toward the areas of Maskanah and Dibsi Afnan
ALEPPO: The Syrian army has begun deploying forces in the city of Deir Hafer in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, state media reported on Saturday.
In a statement carried by the Syrian Arab News Agency, the army’s Operations Command announced the “complete establishment of military control” over Deir Hafer, adding that units were working to secure the city and clear it of mines and remnants of war.
The command said army forces had also started advancing toward the areas of Maskanah and Dibsi Afnan.
Later, the Operations Command said its forces had expanded control to an area extending around 10 kilometers east of Deir Hafer.
According to SANA, army units took control of Al-Jarrah Military Airport and secured 14 villages and towns east of the city, while facilitating the withdrawal of more than 200 members of the Syrian Democratic Forces along with their weapons.
The command added that Syrian army units had reached Maskanah city in eastern Aleppo, noting that hundreds of SDF members had surrendered to government forces.
In a subsequent statement, the army announced full control over Maskanah, saying its forces had begun advancing toward the town of Dibsi Afnan.
Later on Saturday, the army command said its forces had entered Dibsi Afnan in the western countryside of Raqqa province.
