Iran’s supreme court this week confirmed the death penalty of a Sunni preacher arrested in 2009, according to Al Arabiya News Channel.

A Sunni Ahwazi tribal leader was arrested last week after performing congregational prayers at his son’s wedding in the city of Ahwaz.

According to the organisation Sunni Prisoners Iran, six Sunni Prisoners were executed on Wednesday 4th March 2015. They were Hamed Ahmadi, Kamal Molai, Jamshid Dehghani, Jahangir Dehghani, Sedigh Mohammadi and Seyed Hadi Hosseini