IRAN. MAN EXECUTED FOR ARMED ROBBERY

October 2, 2006: a man was hanged in the city of Ahwaz, south-west Iran, the government-run news agency Fars reported.
The man identified as 32-year-old Abbas A. (alias Za’bil) was hanged after he was convicted of armed robbery of livestock.
Two other men identified as 45-year-old Hamid Kh. and 37-year-old Ali S. (alias Ka’bi) were also sentenced to death for taking part in the thefts.
The report said that their sentences would soon be carried out in public. (Sources: Iran Focus, 04/10/2006)