SIX CONVICTS EXECUTED IN PUBLIC IN IRAN

Six people were executed in public for murder in the northeastern Iranian city of Sabzevar, state radio said.
This is the second report of a public execution in the Islamic Republic in less than a week. In January, judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi ordered a halt to public executions in Iran unless they were 'based on social necessities.'
The radio did not give details about the convicts, but described them as 'wicked' people.