Iran Human RightsSpiralling rate of executions in Iran

Spiralling rate of executions in Iran

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ImageIran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 14 – Six more people were hanged in public in north-eastern Iran, state radio reported on Monday, the latest in the spiralling number of executions in the Islamic Republic.

Iran Focus

ImageTehran, Iran, Jul. 14 – Six more people were hanged in public in north-eastern Iran, state radio reported on Monday, the latest in the spiralling number of executions in the Islamic Republic.

Authorities hanged the six men in the City of Sabzevar. It was not clear what charges they had faced.

State media also reported that two individuals were hanged in a prison in the central city of Isfahan on Sunday.

They were accused of murder in the city of Damaneh, according to a report by the state broadcasting corporation.

Four other men, including an Afghan, were hanged in public in the southern province of Bushehr, a state-run newspaper wrote on Saturday.

All four were hanged at dawn on Thursday in a public square in the city of Dashestan, the daily Kargozaran wrote.

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