Iran sentences 8 to death over Islamic State attacks

The attacks last June killed 18 people and wounded more than 50.

In this June 7, 2017 photo, police patrol outside Iran’s parliament building in Tehran after an assault by several attackers that ultimately killed 18 people and wounded 50 others. The attack was claimed by the Islamic State group. On May 13, 2018, Iran announced the death sentence for 8 people involved in the June 2017 attacks. (FILE)

Iran has sentenced eight people to death over attacks claimed by the Islamic State group last year.

Mousa Ghazanfarabadi, the head of the Tehran Revolutionary Courts, told state TV on Sunday that they were found guilty of aiding the five militants who attacked parliament and a shrine to Iran’s revolutionary leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

The attacks last June killed 18 people and wounded more than 50. Security forces killed all the attackers.

20 days to appeal

Mr. Ghazanfarabadi says 18 other people face trial over the attacks. Those convicted have 20 days to appeal. The trials began last month.