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1. Iranian man arrested amid protests sentenced to death, say human rights groups

   

   Erfan Soltani, a 26-year-old Iranian man, has been sentenced to death in Iran amid widespread protests and a deadly government crackdown, according to human rights groups. 

2. People in Iran make contact with outside world, describe scenes on the streets

   

   With the internet down in Iran, accurately reflecting the demonstrations from abroad has been difficult. But with the return of some communications on Tuesday, The Associated Press was able to make contact with people in the country who were witnessing and taking part in the protests.

3. Federal prosecutors resign amid turmoil over Minnesota ICE shooting investigation

   

   Roughly half a dozen federal prosecutors in Minnesota have resigned and several supervisors in the criminal section of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division have given notice of their departures amid turmoil over the federal investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis, according to people familiar with the matter.

4. U.S. plane used in boat strike was disguised as civilian aircraft, contrary to Pentagon regulation

   

   The plane used by the U.S. military to strike a boat accused of smuggling drugs off the coast of Venezuela last fall was painted to look like a civilian aircraft, a move that appears to be at odds with the Pentagon's manual on the laws of war.

5. Claudette Colvin, who helped spark U.S. civil rights movement, dies at 86

   

   Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86.