An Iranian man, sentenced to death for murder, was...
An Iranian man, sentenced to death for murder, was hanged in public in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, a local source said
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An Iranian man, sentenced to death for murder, was hanged in public in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, a local source said.The unnamed source told IRNA Reza Pur-Azimi was hanged at dawn in front of Ahvaz Justice Administration for having murdered Behrang Bakhshayesh, in 1996. The Supreme Court had upheld the death sentence given by a local public court.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: IRNA web site monitored by BBC, 29/07/2001)
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