IRAN: THREE MEN EXECUTED IN FRONT OF CHILDREN

Three men were hanged in public in Mashhad (northeastern Iran), reported the Iranian state media. According to the Iranian state broadcasting, the men were charged with armed robbery, kidnapping, keeping arms. Two of the men were 27 year and the third was 38 years old. None of them were identified by name. Pictures published in the Iranian media show several minors and children watching the executions.
Last month the Iranian authorities in response to the UN Special Rapporteur’s condemnation of the executions in Iran stated that “people are seldom hanged in the public and when that happens we take measures so that children don’t see the execution scene”.