Friday, May 17, 2013

Iran: man hanged in public in Noshahr

Iran Human Rights, May 16: One man was hanged publicly in Noshahr (northern Iran) on May 16.

According to the state run Iranian news agency Mehr, the man who was not identified by name, was convicted of murdering another man identified as "Amir Arsalan Sheikh-Abbasi" with a knife after a verbal argument in 2008.

The man was a 25 year old father of two children

The execution was carried out at 5.30 AM in public.

Source: Iran Human Rights, May 17, 2013

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