IRAN. TWO MEN IN THEIR 20S HANGED IN PUBLIC
July 19, 2006: Iranian authorities hanged two young men in public in the western city of Boroujerd.
The two men, identified only by their initials A.-R. K. and H. M. (who was minor at the time of the crime), were aged 23 and 21 years old respectively, the hard-line daily Kayhan reported.
The pair were accused of rape. (Sources: Iran Focus, 20/07/2006; IHRAG 2006 Report)
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