MEN HANGED PUBLICLY IN IRAN FOR JUDGE'S MURDER

two men convicted of murdering an Iranian judge were hanged from a crane in Tehran as a large crowd gathered to watch the first known public executions in the capital in five years. Majid Kavousifar and his nephew Hossein Kavousifar were executed in the exact location of the murder of Hassan Moghaddas in August 2005 in the middle of a busy business district. Moghaddas, who worked at the "guidance" court which handles sensitive cases of moral corruption, was murdered by the two gunmen when he climbed into his car after work. They were believed to be the first hangings in Tehran since September 2002 where a gang of five convicted rapists known as the "Black Vultures" were hanged at two different locations in the city centre.