Iran has hanged a man convicted of murdering a woman over a debt and then burning her body, the Fars news agency reported on Friday.
The report datelined from the central province of Isfahan said that the man it identified only as Mohammad had been found guilty of killing the woman it identified as Shokat over a debt of 4,700 dollars.
Thursday's hanging brings to at least 65 the number of people executed in Iran so far this year, according to an AFP count based on news reports. Last year, at least 270 people were hanged.
Tehran says the death penalty is essential to maintain public security and is applied only after exhaustive judicial proceedings.
Murder, rape, armed robbery, drug trafficking, homosexuality and adultery are all punishable by death in Iran.
Source: Agence France-Presse, May 21, 2010
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