Hands Off Cain
NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·JANUARY 14, 2000
Iran

Four men convicted of murder were executed by hanging...

Four men convicted of murder were executed by hanging at a prison in Iran

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Four men convicted of murder were executed by hanging at a prison in Iran. The men were executed at dawn in Tehran's Qasr prison. All had been sentenced to death according to the Islamic law of Qesas, which is interpreted as "an eye for an eye".
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  • (Sources: Reuters, 20/01/2000)