IRAN. TWO HANGED

28 April 2009 :

two people were hanged in the prison of Ahwaz (southern Iranian province of Khuzestan), reported the official Iranian news agency Irna. The two individuals who were just identified as "Ala H." and "Mostafa Kh." were convicted of murder and hanged in the Karoun prison of Ahwaz.
 
(Sources: Iran Human Rights, 27/04/2009)

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