27 August 2008 :
the Iranian governement hanged a man convicted of murder in the northeastern town of Bojnourd, a press report said. The man, only identified as Ali, was executed in a prison in North Khorasan province for killing his friend in 2005, the reformist Etemad newspaper said.(Sources: 7 Days, 24/08/2008; Iran Human Rights, 21/08/2008)