Hands Off Cain
IRAN·DEATH PENALTY·JULY 25, 2001·1 MIN READ

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

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.
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  • (Sources: IRNA web site monitored by BBC, 29/07/2001)