Iran Officials Sentence 5 to Death for Killing Basij Troop

People walk past buildings which burned during protests that followed the authorities' decision to raise gasoline prices, in Karaj, west of the capital Tehran, Iran on Nov. 18, 2019. Masoume Aliakbar/ISNA via AP

CAIRO—Iranian authorities sentenced five people to death for allegedly killing a member of a paramilitary force affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard, state media said Tuesday. Eleven others received prison sentences.

The 13 men and three minors had been charged with killing Ruhollah Ajamian, a member of the Basij, a paramilitary volunteer branch of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard, according to the report from IRNA, Iran’s state news agency.