Iran's judiciary has sentenced to death five people including one who is in the hospital recovering after reportedly being tortured over the killing of a member of the Basij paramilitary force during nationwide protests.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards have arrested 12 alleged members of a European-linked group accused of planning acts of sabotage in the country, Tasnim news agency said.
Two hundred people have lost their lives in Iran during nationwide protests that started in mid-September, an Iranian state security body said on December 3, a considerably smaller toll than that advanced by rights groups.