Death Sentences of Eight Suspects in Parliament and Khomeini Mausoleum Attack Upheld by Supreme Court

Coinciding with an announcement by the Ministry of Intelligence regarding the arrest of 27 members of a “terrorist group,” the head of Tehran’s Revolutionary Courts announced that the death sentences of eight suspects in the attack on Parliament and the mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini have been upheld by the Supreme Court.

According to Tasnim News Agency, Musa Ghazanfarabadi said on Monday, June 10, that these individuals had been sentenced to death by Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court on charges of “aiding and abetting sedition (armed rebellion against the Islamic ruler).”
He further stated that the verdict for these individuals “is final and will be executed soon.”
According to the report, the case file related to these attacks involves 26 suspects, with trials for the remaining 18 suspects to be held in the coming months.
Mihan News Agency, affiliated with the Judiciary, had previously reported that all defendants present in this court were arrested between June 7 and July 24, 2017.
In the attack on Iran’s Parliament and the mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini on June 7, 2017, five attackers were killed, and the Ministry of Intelligence announced their names as Ramin, Qiyom, Fereydoun, Abujahad, and Seryas, without mentioning their surnames.
Iranian security sources had also reported the arrest of an Iranian woman who, according to them, was responsible for “directing” the perpetrators of the attack on Ayatollah Khomeini’s mausoleum.
After that, however, security and judicial officials have not disclosed the name and status of this individual.
Following the attack, Iranian security and judicial authorities reported the arrest of dozens of individuals suspected of connections to groups opposed to the Islamic government and to ISIS in various regions of Iran.
In recent years, the Ministry of Intelligence has reported the arrest of several groups allegedly “affiliated” with ISIS without providing details.
On Monday, the Ministry also announced in a statement that 27 members of a “terrorist network” who intended to carry out “terrorist operations in Tehran and several major cities” during “the Nights of Power and Quds Day” have been arrested.
According to the aforementioned statement, these individuals had also “threatened the Iranian people with retaliation and killing through the dissemination of images on cyberspace.”
The Ministry reported the discovery and seizure of “large quantities of weapons and ammunition including several Kalashnikov rifles, pistols, hand grenades, bombs, and equipment for manufacturing explosive materials” from the suspects.
The Ministry of Intelligence provided no details regarding the identities of these individuals.
 
Source: Radio Farda