IRAN. KURDISH ACTIVIST HANGED IN PRISON
September 7, 2005: Mohammad Panj-Bini and Esmail Mohammadi, twoiranian Kurdish activists, were hanged in a prison in the town of Orumieh, northwest Iran, for their opposition to the Iranian regime, opposition websites reported.
Several other Kurdish activists are awaiting execution in Iranian Kurdistan. (Sources: Iran Focus, 07/09/2005)
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