IRAN: FOUR MEN HANGED IN PUBLIC

October 12, 2011: Four men were hanged publicly in the town of Khomeinishahr, in central Iran, early in the morning.
According to the state run Iranian news agency ISNA the men were identified as Abbas (24), Rajab Ali (23), Asghar (20) and Mansour (25) and were convicted of rape. The executions took place in the "Behesht" (paradise) park of Khomeinishahr.
All the individuals were arrested in connection with a rape of several women in a garden outside Khomeinishahr earlier this summer.
All together 15 people have been accused in this case and four of them have not been arrested yet.
Quoting the prosecutor of Isfahan, hamshahrionline wrote: "The individuals who were hanged in public today, were also sentenced to 74 lashes. The flogging sentences were implemented in the prison yesterday". (Sources: Iran Human Rights, 12/10/2011)