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Iran hangs gay man in public

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 14 - A gay Iranian man was hanged in public on Tuesday in the western city of Kermanshah on...

Another man hanged in Iran’s port city

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 10 – An Iranian man was hanged in prison in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, the semi-official...

Four, including possible minor, hanged in Iran capital

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 09 – Four men, one of whom is believed to be a teenager, were hanged in a prison in...

Watchdog blasts Iran as worst press freedoms violator in region

Iran Focus: London, Nov. 07 – The international media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in its annual report ranked Iran as the worst violator...

Political prisoner hanged in public in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 06 – Iranian authorities hanged a political prisoner in public on Sunday in the south-eastern province of Sistan-va-Baluchestan for...

Two men hanged in oil-rich Iran city

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 03 – Two Iranian men were hanged in a prison in the south-western city of Ahwaz. Iran...

Iran’s official news agency reports two more executions

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 03 – Iran’s official news agency reported that two men were hanged in public in northern and south-eastern Iran....

Iran steps up hangings in restive province

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 02 - More than half a dozen people have been hanged in Iran’s south-eastern province of Sistan-va-Baluchestan, were anti-government...

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