Iran Issues First Known Death Sentence Linked To Recent Protests
Christoph Soeder | Picture Alliance | Getty Images As Iran enters its eighth week of public unrest following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, the country’s Revolutionary Court handed down its first known death sentence on Sunday for his involvement in anti-regime protests. According to the Judiciary website Mizan Online, the unidentified accused set fire to a government building and was convicted on charges of “disturbing public order and comfort, community and conspiracy to commit a crime against national security”....