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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·SEPTEMBER 29, 2004
Iran

An Iranian man convicted of armed robbery was hanged...

An Iranian man convicted of armed robbery was hanged in public in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahwaz, the Jomhuri Eslami newspaper reported

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An Iranian man convicted of armed robbery was hanged in public in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahwaz, the Jomhuri Eslami newspaper reported.
The man, identified only as Hamid Kh., was hanged in one of the city's squares, with the execution reportedly greeted by chants of Allahu Akbar (God is greatest) coming from the crowd.
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  • (Sources: Agence France Presse, 02/10/2004)