IRAN. THREE HANGED IN PUBLIC

Iran publicly hanged two men and a woman convicted of murder in the northwestern city of Tabriz and the southern city of Shiraz, media reports said. The woman, identified as Hurieh, 29, was hanged along with Farhad, 23, and Reza, 24, for murdering her husband and three of her in-laws in Tabriz, East Azarbaijan province, in April, the website of Iran's state television said. The report added that the convicts were also lashed for "illegitimate relationship and robbery" before being executed.