Iraq’s high tribunal on Tuesday passed a death sentence on Tariq Aziz, once the international face of dictator Saddam Hussein’s regime, over the persecution of Islamic parties, the court said.
The death sentence was the first to be handed down to Aziz, who was well known in foreign capitals and at the United Nations before Saddam’s downfall. He rose to prominence during the Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait and the 1991 Gulf war, when he was foreign minister.
The court had issued the death sentence on Tariq Aziz and four others for committing crimes against humanity, a spokesman said. —Reuters