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Man hanged in public in south-east Iran town

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 30 – A man was hanged in public in the south-eastern town of Saravan, a semi-official daily reported on...

Over half a million sent to prison each year in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 27 – Some 600,000 people are sent to prison each year in Iran, a state-run news agency reported on...

Three men hanged in public in restive Iran city

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 25 – Three men were hanged in public in the south-eastern Iranian city of Zahedan, the state-run news agency...

Iran judiciary to punish ‘fortune tellers’

AFP: Iran's judiciary will fine and jail professional "fortune tellers" who have reportedly been demanding large sums of money to cast magic spells, a...

Three men hanged in south-west Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 21 – Iranian authorities have hanged three men in the south-western city of Ahwaz, state-run press reported on Thursday....

Iran president facing revival of students’ ire

New York Times: As protests broke out last week at a prestigious university here, cutting short a speech by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Babak Zamanian...

Nine people hanged in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 20 – Nine men were hanged in Iran, state media reported on Wednesday. Iran FocusTehran, Iran, Dec. 20...

Iran to hang 6 men on Wednesday

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 19 – Iran's state media reported on Tuesday that authorities will hang six men on Wednesday. Iran FocusTehran,...

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