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IRAN: 13 PEOPLE HANGED ON THE SAME DAY, INCLUDING ONE MAN IN PUBLIC
May 17, 2016: Iran’s fundamentalist regime hanged at least 13 people on the same day, including one man in public. Six men were hanged collectively in the Central Prison of Urmia (Orumieh), north-west Iran.
They had been serving a prison sentence in Ward 15 of the jail on drugs-related charges. They were identified as Naji Keywan, Nader Mohammadi, Ali Shamugardian, Aziz Nouri-Azar, Fereydoon Rashidi and Heidar Amini. A man was hanged in public in the north-eastern city of Mashhad. The man, who was not named, was hanged at 7 am in the city's Mofatteh Square. His sentence had been upheld by the regime's Supreme Court. Separately, the regime’s Prosecutor in Yazd Province told the state-run Rokna news agency that six people were hanged in the central Iranian province. Three of the victims were identified by their initials Ch. R., A. S., and A. B. (Sources: NCRI, 17/05/2016)
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