Iran Judiciary confirms death sentence for Sweden-backed terrorist ringleader
Iran’s Judiciary confirmed a death sentence for the ringleader of a separatist group behind the 2018 deadly terrorist attack in the country, among other terrorist operations.
Mizan News Agency, affiliated with the Iranian Judiciary, reported on Sunday that the verdict was upheld for Habib Farajollah Chaab, the ringleader of the Harkat al-Nazal terror outfit, which killed dozens of people in an attack on a military parade in the southwestern province of Khuzestan in 2018 and several other bombings, Press TV reported.
“The death sentence of Habib Farajollah Chaab on charges of corruption on earth through the formation, management, and leadership of a rebel group called Harkat al-Nazal, and the design and execution of numerous terrorist operations in Khuzestan Province was approved by the Supreme Court,” the Mizan Online website reported.
Chaab, also known as Habib Asyud, pleaded guilty and confessed last year to masterminding the 2018 atrocity, as well as many other acts of terror targeting the Iranian nation.
Chaab was arrested in November 2020 on the back of a set of “specialized and combined measures” by Iranian intelligence forces.
The Harkat al-Nazal terror outfit has been pushing to separate Khuzestan Province – home to the country’s Arab population – from the rest of Iran.