Four convicted murderers were hanged in Tehran
Four convicted murderers were hanged in Tehran
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Four convicted murderers were hanged in Tehran. Rashid Houshmani-Rad, Ehsan Kahed, Mohammad Noushin and Mohammad Lameie were executed in the presence of their victims' families.
The condemned men went to the gallows inside Tehran's Qasr Prison after the supreme court confirmed their execution orders.
14 others found guilty of murder, armed robberies and drug trafficking are expected to be hanged this week. One of them, Ahmad Dolatyari, nicknamed "Ahmad Russian," was arrested after escaping from prison in 2000.
He will be hanged in public on May 19 in southern Tehran.
The condemned men went to the gallows inside Tehran's Qasr Prison after the supreme court confirmed their execution orders.
14 others found guilty of murder, armed robberies and drug trafficking are expected to be hanged this week. One of them, Ahmad Dolatyari, nicknamed "Ahmad Russian," was arrested after escaping from prison in 2000.
He will be hanged in public on May 19 in southern Tehran.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Reuters, 16/05/2002; AL-BAWABA NEWS, 18/05/2002)
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