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SIX CONVICTS EXECUTED IN PUBLIC IN IRAN
July 14, 2008: Six people were executed in public for murder in the northeastern Iranian city of Sabzevar, state radio said.
This is the second report of a public execution in the Islamic Republic in less than a week. In January, judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi ordered a halt to public executions in Iran unless they were 'based on social necessities.'
The radio did not give details about the convicts, but described them as 'wicked' people. (Sources: Gulf News, 14/07/2008; http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/july08.html)
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