IRAN HANGS MAN IN ZAHEDAN
June 16, 2008: Iran hanged a man convicted of a string of offences including membership of a rebel group and being Mohareb, an Islamic legal term for an "enemy of God," the Fars news agency reported.
Ali Reza Barahuwi, known as Abdollah, was sent to the gallows in a prison in the southeastern city of Zahedan for membership of the Sunni militant group Jundallah (Soldiers of God), for taking part in two bombings, and the murder of two people. (Sources: Agence France Presse, 16/06/2008)
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