IRAN. PUBLICLY HANGED FOR MURDER

12 June 2007 :

Iran has publicly hanged a man convicted of murder in the southern city of Kazeroun, the governmental Iran newspaper reported. The murderer, identified only as Sirus, had been found guilty of strangling another man.

(Sources: Agence France Presse, 11/06/2007)

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