IRAN. CONVICTED MURDERER HANGED, ROBBERS LASHED
March 10, 2005: Asghar Mohammadzadeh, an Iranian man convicted of murdering two brothers, was hanged before dawn in a prison in the north-eastern city of Mashhad. Asghar had been convicted of murdering Alireza and Mohammad Tabatabai after his relationship with the wife of one of the victims was discovered. (Sources: Agence France Presse, 10/03/2005)
|