IRAN HANGS TWO FOR RAPE
August 12, 2009: two men convicted of rape were executed in a prison in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, the Etemad newspaper reported. The report identified Afghan national Zaeim, who was convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl during a robbery at her home. The second man was identified as Hamed, who was found guilty of raping a 19-year-old woman. (Sources: News24.com, 16/08/09)
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