IRAN: YOUNG MAN HANGED IN MASHHAD
July 4, 2011: A young man was hanged in the central prison of Khorasan, Iran, reported the Iranian daily "Khorasan".
The man who was identified as Hassan (23) was convicted of murdering a young shop owner identified as Mehdi and stealing from his shop in 2007.
Hassan was hanged in the morning in the central prison of Mashhad, and according to the report it was Mehdiās brother who conducted the execution. (Sources: Iran Human Rights, 04/07/2011)
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