IRAN: EXECUTED FOR MURDERING HIS WIFE

19 August 2009 :

one man was hanged in the prison of Semnan (northern Iran), reported the official Iranian news agency Irna. The man was identified as "Mohammad Khalesipour" and convicted of murdering his wife according to the report.

(Sources: Iran Human Rights, 23/07/2009)

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