IRAN HANGS MAN FOR MURDER AFTER 19 YEARS

27 August 2008 :

Iran hanged a man convicted of raping and murdering a relative in the prison of Tabriz (northwest Iran), reported the state run news agency ISCAnews.  The man, only identified as Bahram, was hanged for raping and killing his sister-in-law in 198, according to the report.
 
(Sources: Agence France Presse, 25/08/2008; Iran Human Rights, 24/08/2008)

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