IRAN: ONE MAN WAS HANGED PUBLICLY

24 September 2012 :

One prisoner was hanged in public in the Northwestern Iranian province of Azarbaijan.
According to the official Iranian news agency IRNA, the man was identified as "Reza M." convicted of murdering another man identified as "Ali V.". The prisoner was hanged publicly in "Shahr-e-Tork", near the town of Mianeh, said the report.

(Sources: Iran Human Rights, 23/09/2012)

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