Tehran court says the accused committed serious felonies, including 'setting fire to a government building' and 'conspiracy to commit a crime against national security'
Nikolas Cruz, 24, pleaded guilty a year ago to murdering 14 students and three staff members and wounding 17 others at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Frank Atwood, 66, put to death for the 1984 killing of an 8-year-old girl; state had purchased materials to make hydrogen cyanide gas, which was used by Nazis to kill Jews
Ahmad Reza Jalali is set to be executed within 9 days; experts say case is example of Iranian tactic of hold dual-nationals hostage as diplomatic chips
Activists say Navid Afkari was quickly put to death so that authorities could avoid backing down in light of increasing international opposition to his sentence
Ruhollah Zam's website and Telegram channel shared times of demonstrations as well as embarrassing information about officials that directly challenged Iran's Shiite theocracy
Ex-military leader was convicted over imposition of 2007 state of emergency; he is in UAE, is reportedly ill and will likely not return home to continue legal proceedings
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