TEHRAN -- An Iranian court on Saturday handed out death sentences to two men over their involvement in a deadly terrorist attack last October on the Shah Cheragh shrine in the southern city of Shiraz.

Judiciary chief of Fars province Kazem Moussavi said the two main culprits of the terrorist attack were convicted of assisting in corruption on earth, armed rebellion and acting against national security. They were directly involved in the arming, procurement, logistics and guidance of the main perpetrator of the terrorist attack, he said.