IRAN HANGS MAN IN PUBLIC FOR MURDER

Map of Iran with Fars highlighted

14 December 2006 :

an Iranian man convicted of murdering 12 family members was publicly hanged in the southern town of Jahrom.
The man, identified as Ali-Mohammad A., was hanged in a main square of the town in Fars province while a large crowd as well as the victims' families watched. He had reportedly shot the victims dead in a family feud over the ownership of a disputed property earlier in the year.
 

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