IRAN: MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC

16 January 2019 :

A prisoner was hanged in Public at a square in the southern Iranian city of Kazerun, Iran Human Rights reported on 10 January 2019.
According to the Mizan News Agency, the prisoner was sentenced to death on kidnapping and rape charges. He was reportedly kidnapped and raped two 15-year old boys three years ago.

(Sources: Iran Human Rights, 10/01/2019)

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