Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 28 – Two young men were hanged in public in the Iranian city of Mashad (northeastern province of Khorrasan) yesterday and on Sunday after authorities accused them of rape. One of the young men identified only by his first name, Mohammad-Reza, was publicly hanged in Hedayat blvd. in the city-center. Iran Focus
Tehran, Dec. 28 – Two young men were hanged in public in the Iranian city of Mashad (northeastern province of Khorrasan) yesterday and on Sunday after authorities accused them of rape.
One of the young men identified only by his first name, Mohammad-Reza, was publicly hanged in Hedayat blvd. in the city-center.
The second individual only identified as Mostafa was hanged in public yesterday morning in the Doost-Abad region of Mashad in Old Ghoochan street.
At the same time a Tehran court sentenced another 22-year-old man to execution. His identity remains unknown.