An Iranian court has sentenced a man to death over the killing of renowned filmmaker Dariush Mehrjui and his wife months ago at their home near Tehran, the judiciary said Monday. Mehrjui, an 83-year-old director associated with the Iranian new wave of cinema, was stabbed to death along with his wife, Vahideh Mohammadifar, in October…
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Iran on Monday executed five people convicted of multiple "armed robberies and banditry which rendered roads unsafe and spread terror among people," the judiciary's Mizan Online website said.
"The death sentence against the five convicts was carried out this morning," said Mizan, quoting Alborz province chief justice Hossein Fazeli-Harikandi.
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