an Iranian man was hanged in front of a crowd at a public square in the city of Arak

an Iranian man was hanged in front of a crowd at a public square in the city of Arak, central Iran, Fars News Agency reported. The man, identified by his first name Mehdi, was 21 years old at the time of his arrest on homicide charges. Another prisoner, identified by his first name Yaghoub, will be hanged in public in Arak in the coming days, according to Fars.