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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·DECEMBER 20, 2010
Iran

IRAN: WOMAN HANGED FOR MURDERS

According to the Iranian daily Asr-e-Iran, a young woman identified as Mahin Ghadiri

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According to the Iranian daily Asr-e-Iran, a young woman identified as Mahin Ghadiri, 33, was hanged in the prison of Qazvin, west of Tehran early this morning.
The woman was convicted of stealing and killing six people in 2008, and was sentenced to 74 lashes, giving back the stolen items, imprisonment and six times Qesas (retribution; by hanging), according to the report.
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  • (Sources: Iran Human Rights, Ansa, 20/12/2010)