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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
Iran

IRAN HANGS CONVICTED MURDERER IN PUBLIC

One man was hanged publically in Tehran early this morning, reported the Iranian

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One man was hanged publically in Tehran early this morning, reported the Iranian state media.
According to the official Iranian news agency IRNA, the man who was identified as Sajjad Jalili, was convicted of murdering Dr. Gholamreza Sarabi, a heart specialist, in September 2010.
According to the report, Sajjad Jalili told the reporters that he had no regrets for committing the murder.
He thought Sarabi had caused his mother's death.
The prisoner was hanged at 6 AM in the "Nabovat Square" of Tehran where the murder took place.
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  • (Sources: Iran Human Rights, 20/09/2011)