IRAN: 2 PUBLIC EXECUTIONS
May 15, 2018: According to an IRIB News Agency's report, on the morning two prisoners were hanged in public in Mashhad. The prisoners were sentenced to death on rape charges. According to Iran Human Rights (IHR)'s annual report on the death penalty, 31 prisoners were hanged in public in 2017. (Source: Iran Human Rights, May 15, 2018)
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