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Iran sentences five to death over killing of Basij officer during protests

Iranians protest the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police, Tehran, October 1, 2022. © AP

Iranian authorities sentenced five people to death for allegedly killing an officer affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard, state media said Tuesday. Eleven others received lengthy prison sentences.

The 13 men and three minors had been charged with killing Ruhollah Ajamian, an official from the Basij, a paramilitary volunteer branch of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard, according to the report from IRNA, Iran’s state news agency.

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