IRAN. HANGED FOR MURDER

an Iranian convicted of murdering a soldier during an armed robbery has been publicy hanged in Saravan, in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, Jam-e-Jam daily reported.
The man, identified as Khodabakhsh Bijarzehi, had a record of carrying out armed robberies in the region, the report said without specifying if the execution was carried out in public or in prison.