Thursday, July 3, 2008

Iran: teenager hanged


July 1, 2008: Iran hanged a 19-year-old youth in prison in the central city of Isfahan after his conviction for murder, the state-run television website reported.

It identified the man sent to gallows as Hamid Reza Q., 19, convicted of stabbing to death a friend who owed him 250,000 rials (around 27 dollars) in the Iranian year of 1385 (March 2006-March 2007).

No further details were given about the man's age at the time of the murder.

Source: AFP, 01/07/2008


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