Iran issues sentences over Shiraz shrine terrorist attack
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Iranian judge says the convicted ‘were directly involved in the arming, procurement, logistics, and guidance of the chief perpetrator’ who carried out the terrorist attack on Shiraz shrine.
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Workers clean up following the terrorist attack at the Shah Cheragh mausoleum on October 26, 2022. (AFP)
An Iranian court sentenced two persons to death over their involvement in the deadly terrorist attack last October on the Shah Cheragh shrine in Shiraz.
Fars Province's Judiciary Head, Kazem Moussavi, announced on Saturday that the two primary perpetrators had been convicted of “corruption on earth, armed rebellion, and acting against national security.”
Moussavi confirmed that the pair were directly involved in the arming, procurement, logistics, and guidance of the main perpetrator of the terrorist attack on the Shah Cheragh shrine on October 26, in which killed 13 people were killed and 30 others were wounded.
Three other defendants in the case were sentenced to prison terms of five, fifteen, and twenty-five years for their roles in the ISIS operation, he said.
It is worth noting that ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack a mere hours after the attack on the shrine.
The judge added that the decisions against the five could be appealed before the Supreme Court.
A flashback
On October 26, 2022, an armed terrorist entered the shrine at approximately 5:45 p.m. local time (14:15 GMT) a little before evening prayers, and by opening fire, killed 13 pilgrims, a woman, and two children in cold blood, leaving at least 40 others wounded.
According to the police commander of Fars province, the assailant was wounded and taken into custody by security personnel, after which he later succumbed to his wounds.
Iran's Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib later announced on October 31 that the Iranian security forces identified and detained the second culprit of the Shah Cheragh terrorist attack.
In his statement, Khatib also announced that six people who were operating as supporting agents to the terrorist were also identified and arrested.
