IRAN. MAN SENTENCED TO 10 TIMES EXECUTION
July 4, 2006: a court in southern Iran has sentenced a man to ten times execution, the official news agency reported.
Ali Mohammad-Afsaneh, from the town of Jahrom, was handed the sentence after he was convicted of multiple murders, IRNA reported.
Mohammad-Afsaneh was also sentenced to 148 lashes, 10 years of jail time, and an 8,000,000 Rial ($800) fine.
Jahrom is situated in the southern Iranian province of Fars. (Sources: Iran Focus, 06/07/2006)
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