two young men were publicly hanged near the central city of Arak

two young men were publicly hanged near the central city of Arak, Iran, the official state-run news agency reported. Abdolreza Akbari-Diba, 28 years old, and Farhad Akbari-Diba, 22 years old, were executed in a road leading to Arak in front of a large crowd. The two men, who were from the western town of Hamedan, were charged with a variety of crimes including murder.