Iran executes man convicted of attack on police station

Tehran: Iran executed a man on Saturday convicted of being involved in a deadly assault on a police station, the judiciary said.

“The death sentence of Mohammad Aref Shahbakhsh — an operative linked to the terrorist group Jaish Al-Zolm (Al-Adl) — was carried out this morning following the completion of all legal procedures,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website reported.

Jaish Al-Adl is an outlawed militant group in Sistan-Baluchistan province, one of Iran’s poorest, which has long seen clashes between security forces and armed groups, including Sunni militants and members of the ethnic Baloch minority.

Iran accuses arch-enemies the United States and Israel of supporting armed groups there.