Sunday, November 15, 2009

Two young men hanged in western Iran

Two young men were hanged in the prison of Hamedan, western part of Iran, reported the state run Iranian news agency ISCA news today November 14.

The men were identified as Habib (21) and Mohammad (age not mentioned) and were convicted of rape and murder of a 9 year-old girl identified as Zinat in 2008, according to the report.

Iran Human Rights underlines that the charges mentioned in the report are not confirmed by independent sources.

We are also investigating further about the full identity and age of those executed today.

Source: Iran Human Rights, Nov. 15, 2009

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