Judiciary: Sharmahd Died Before Execution
TEHRAN – Convicted terrorists Jamshid Sharmahd passed away before his death sentence was carried out, Judiciary spokesman Asghar Jahangir said here Tuesday.
Sharmahd was the ringleader of U.S.-based Tondar (Thunder) terrorist group. He had been sentenced to death by an Iranian court for planning a terrorist attack in 2008 inside a shrine in Shiraz, which martyred 14 people and wounded nearly 200 others.