IRAN. MAN HANGED IN PRISON
a man accused of murdering a taxi driver was hanged in Karoon Prison in the southern Iranian city of Ahwaz, according to the state-run news agency.
a man accused of murdering a taxi driver was hanged in Karoon Prison in the southern Iranian city of Ahwaz, according to the state-run news agency.
The man, only identified as Yaqoub R., was executed in the city which has been the scene of mass social unrest and clashes between anti-government protesters and State Security Forces.
A report by the Ministry of Intelligence and Security and the local judiciary claimed that Yaqoub had stabbed to death a taxi driver who was trying to prevent his car from being stolen.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards also executed a number of teenage demonstrators in the streets of Ahwaz tens days ago, according to eye-witnesses. Separately two other men were sentenced to death by a Tehran court, accused of murder. A 21-year-old man was sentenced to execution while another young man was sentenced to five times execution in public. Le
The man, only identified as Yaqoub R., was executed in the city which has been the scene of mass social unrest and clashes between anti-government protesters and State Security Forces.
A report by the Ministry of Intelligence and Security and the local judiciary claimed that Yaqoub had stabbed to death a taxi driver who was trying to prevent his car from being stolen.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards also executed a number of teenage demonstrators in the streets of Ahwaz tens days ago, according to eye-witnesses. Separately two other men were sentenced to death by a Tehran court, accused of murder. A 21-year-old man was sentenced to execution while another young man was sentenced to five times execution in public. Le
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Iran Focus, 02/05/2005)