IRAN. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER

January 20, 2010: one man was hanged in the prison of Khash, according to the official site of the Iranian judiciary in Sistan-Baluchestan. The man who was identified as "Allahnazar Sh." was sentenced to twice qesas (retribution) convicted of murdering two other men identified as "Parviz Sh." and "Jeihand Sh." according to the report. The report did not mention Allahnazar’s age, but according to a Baluch activist site he was 26 years old and his full name was "Allahnazar Shahlibar". (Sources: Iran Human Rights, 21/04/2010)