Iranian Court Hands Down Jail Sentences in Saudi Embassy Attack - News Summed Up

Iranian Court Hands Down Jail Sentences in Saudi Embassy Attack


An Iranian court handed down convictions and jail sentences to protesters who stormed Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran, according to a lawyer, the first publicly known verdicts in a case that led to a rupture in diplomatic relations between the two regional rivals. Those found guilty on charges of disrupting public order received prison terms ranging from three to six months, the semiofficial ISNA news agency quoted Mostafa Shabani, a lawyer for some of the defendants, as saying Friday. Others were acquitted of the...


Source: Wall Street Journal November 04, 2016 14:36 UTC



Loading...
Loading...
  

Loading...