Saudi Arabia gave the death penalty to four men for plotting to assassinate 'prominent' figures

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• Saudi Arabia has handed the death penalty to four men accused of training in Iranian terror "camps" who planned to assassinate "prominent figures." 
• State media said the men traveled to Iran and trained with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
• The ruling came just a day after the UN published a report which found Saudi Arabia uses its strict anti-terror and national security laws to crackdown on dissent.
• Saudi Arabia has one of the highest rates of executions in the world, rights groups have claimed, and the number of executions have doubled under Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.

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Saudi Arabia has given the death penalty to four men accused of training in Iranian terror "camps" and planning to assassinate "prominent figures." 

The ruling was handed down on Thursday, state-owned Al-Ekhbariya TV reported, adding that the men were part of a "terrorist cell" which traveled to Iran and trained with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

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