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Iran issues first death sentence over protests to end clerical rule after death of Mahsa Amini

Iran has issued its first death sentence over the protests that have shaken the country's clerical leadership, the country's judiciary said.

The unidentified accused was sentenced in a Tehran court to death for the crimes of "setting fire to a government building, disturbing public order, assembly and conspiracy to commit a crime against national security," as well as for being "an enemy of God and corruption on earth", the judiciary website Mizan Online reported.

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