IRAN. MAN HANGED FOR RAPE

15 September 2010 :

Iran hanged a man in a prison in the southeastern city of Zahedan after convicting him of rape, the Fars news agency reported. The report identified the man sent to the gallows as Jamshid Mir.

(Sources: Afp, 27/05/2010)

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