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IRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN PUBLIC
March 9, 2017: An unidentified prisoner was reportedly executed in public on murder charges.
According to a report by the state-run news agency, Jaame Jam Online, the public execution was carried out in the city of Yazd in front of the parking lot of Mullah Ismail mosque.
The report claims that the unidentified prisoner and his brother robbed a jewellery store in August 2015 and killed the jewellery store owner's son in the process. (Source: Iran Human Rights, March 11, 2017)
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