TEHRAN — Iran publicly hanged on Tuesday two men convicted of murder in separate cities, local media reported.
One of the men hanged in the capital Tehran had confessed to stabbing a fellow student to death in broad daylight in early July after she spurned him, the state television website reported.
The 25-year-old, who was identified only by his first name Kousha, was sent to the gallows near the scene of the crime, a bridge in northwest Tehran, it added.
Also on Tuesday, another man convicted of murdering four members of a family a year ago was hanged in public in the southern town of Dashtestan, the Fars news agency reported.
The latest hangings bring to 194 the number of executions reported in Iran so far this year, according to an AFP tally based on media and official reports.
Iranian media reported 179 hangings last year but international human rights groups say the actual number was much higher, ranking the Islamic republic second only to China in the number of people it executed in 2010.
Tehran says the death penalty is essential to maintain law and order, and that it is applied only after exhaustive judicial proceedings.
Murder, rape, armed robbery, drug trafficking, homosexuality and adultery are among the crimes punishable by death in Iran.
Source: AFP, September 13, 2011
Iran hangs 5 for murder, drug smuggling crimes
Iran hanged 5 people on Tuesday, 3 of them for drug trafficking and 2 in public for murder, local media reported.
In the capital, a 25-year-old convicted of murder after he confessed to stabbing a fellow student to death in broad daylight in early July was sent to the gallows near the scene of the crime, a bridge in northwest Tehran, the state television website reported.
The man, who was identified only by his 1st name Kousha, had carried out the crime after the victim spurned him, the website added.
In the southern town of Dashtestan, a man was hanged in public after being found guilty of murdering four members of a family a year ago, the Fars news agency reported.
In the central shrine city of Qom, Fars said that 3 convicted drug smugglers it identified by the initials of M.M., A.B. and M.D. were hanged. It did not specify whether the execution was carried out in public or in prison.
The latest hangings bring to 197 the number of executions reported in Iran so far this year, according to an AFP tally based on media and official reports.
Iranian media reported 179 hangings last year but international human rights groups say the actual number was much higher, ranking the Islamic republic second only to China in the number of people it executed in 2010.
Tehran says the death penalty is essential to maintain law and order, and that it is applied only after exhaustive judicial proceedings.
Murder, rape, armed robbery, drug trafficking, homosexuality and adultery are among the crimes punishable by death in Iran.
Source: Yahoo News, Sept. 13, 2011
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