IRAN EXECUTES TWO FOR KILLING AND ARMED ROBBERY

Iran hanged two men charged with killing and armed robbery, media reports said. The Mardomsalari newspaper reported that two men were publicly executed in the western city of Sahneh in Kermanshah province for several counts of robbery and three counts of murder. The pair, identified as Saeed Moradi and Hamid Fallahi, were convicted of being "Mohareb", an enemy of God, a charge that is subject to execution based on Islamic law. Iran lies on a transit route of drug traffickers from Pakistan and Afghanistan to Turkey and Europe. Dozens of Iranian police are killed each year in shootouts.