MohammadMehdi Karmi, Reza Aria, Hamid QaraHasanloo and Hossein Mohammadi are four of the five people who are sentenced to death d accused of participating in the murder of "Seyed Ruhollah Ajamian" the Basij paramilitary who was killed by multiple stab wounds and kicked by protesters in Karaj west of Tehran.
The identity of the fifth person who was sentenced to death in this case is still unknown.
The regime has released a video they use as proof of these people participation in the "lynching" and death of the uniformed Basiji "police" in early days of protests, but they were convicted in closed courts, without having access to lawyers or any impartial investigation of the government proof of their guilt.
This is what the English language Tehran Times of IRI has said about the insidents surrounding the death of some of the government police and paramilitary:
In Karaj, the Basij member identified as Seyed Ruhollah Ajamian was stabbed to death by rioters. Fars News said he was attacked in the Khorramdash district. A viral photo on social media showed Ajamian lying on the ground with his Basij uniform torn off.
Hamid Pournorouz, 40, from Lahijan was also martyred on Thursday evening with cold weapons, the Mehr News Agency reported late on Thursday.
Also, a number of police officers have been severely wounded after rioters attacked their patrol and robbed away their gear. Videos that have gone viral showed the bloody officers lying in the car and getting shots and stones from rioters.
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