IRAN HANGS MAN IN CHABAHAR

18 June 2008 :

Younes Rahmandust was hanged in a prison in the port city of Chabahar, in south eastern Iran, after being convicted as a Mohareb, an 'enemy of god.'
No further details were provided according to Fars news agency.
 
(Sources: Agence France Presse, 16/06/2008)

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