Iran hangs man in public in northern city

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 09 – A young man was hanged in public in the northern Iranian town of Babol, a government-run news agency reported. Iran Focus

Tehran, Iran, Aug. 09 – A young man was hanged in public in the northern Iranian town of Babol, a government-run news agency reported.

The 36-year-old man was identified only as Mehdi Kh., according to the news agency Fars.

He was charged with rape and murder.

Mehdi was hanged in the presence of security forces and a crowd of locals, the report added.