The main convict was sentenced to death after three court sessions under the accusations of taking measures against national security and cooperating with the terrorist group of Daesh (ISIS), the head of the justice department of Fars Kazem Mousavi announced on Thursday.
As the judicial official noted, the accused is identified as Rahmatollah Nowruzof from Tajikistan.
In a related development, the punishment for Nowruzof’s two accomplices was read as five years imprisonment, the official said adding that they will also be expelled from Iran.
The August 13 attack on Shah Cheragh which left two dead was the second after the first one occurred in October 2022 in the holy shrine. During the first terrorist attack, 13 pilgrims were killed and two main elements of the assault were executed in July 2023.
MNA/IRN
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