Iran sentences 8 to prison over paramilitary’s death during last year’s nationwide protests

By JON GAMBRELL
Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has sentenced seven men and a woman to prison after their convictions over allegedly aiding two men earlier executed for killing a paramilitary volunteer during the nationwide protests last year that followed the death of Mahsa Amini while in police custody. That’s according to state media reports Wednesday. The sentences come just ahead of the one-year anniversary of Amini’s Sept. 16 death, as authorities have rounded up activists and others in an apparent attempt to tamp down on any dissent ahead of it. Among those convicted was a doctor who received a 15-year sentence. During the protests, doctors who treated those taking part in the demonstrations faced harassment and arrest.