Three men flogged in public in Iran for drinking

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 28 – Iranian authorities flogged three men in public in the southern town of Jahrom, a state-owned daily reported on Wednesday. Iran Focus

Tehran, Iran, Dec. 28 – Iranian authorities flogged three men in public in the southern town of Jahrom, a state-owned daily reported on Wednesday.

The three unnamed men were flogged 300 times for “drinking” and “unruly behaviour”, according to the daily Etemaad.

The sentence was carried out in the town’s Velayat Square in the presence of a number of judiciary officials.