Iran
Focus
Tehran, Iran, Jun. 26 – Iranian authorities hanged a
man in public in the southern city of Shiraz,
a state-run daily reported on Sunday.
The man, identified as 22-year-old Mohsen Najmi, had been convicted of murder, the daily Qods wrote.
Iran’s
state-run media have reported at least 85 hangings since January 1, 2006. There
are also a substantial number of unreported secret executions in Iran every
year.
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