IRAN HANGS 2 MEN ON MURDER CHARGE

20 August 2009 :

two men were hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison, the Iranian state run news agency Iscanews reported. The men were identified as Moharamali (30) and Mehdi (29) and both were convicted of murder according to the report.

(Sources: Iran Human Rights, 19/08/09: Hindustan Times, 20/08/09)

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