Iran to Execute Tajik National Over August Shrine Attack

Iran announced on Thursday that it sentenced Rahmatullah Nourazov, a national of Tajikistan, to death over his role in a deadly attack at a religious site in Shiraz province in August.

According to Mizan Online, a publication associated with the Iranian judiciary, Kazim Mousavi, chief justice of Fars province said Mr. Nourazov was handed two death sentences on charges of ‘waging war against God’, ‘corruption on earth’, and ‘conspiracy against national security.’