IRAN: PRISONERS HANGED IN PUBLIC WHILE CROWD WATCHED
September 12, 2017: A prisoner was hanged in public in the city of Eslamabad-e Gharb (Kermanshah province) on murder charges. Photos published from the public execution shows children among the crowd of people who watched the hanging. According to a report by the state-run news agency, Mehr, the execution was carried out on the morning of September 12. The report does not mention the name of the prisoner, but identifies his age as 27. (Source: Iran Human Rights, Sept. 15, 2017)
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