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| Iran: Ten hanged in mass execution |
| 2008-11-27 |
| (AKI) - Iran executed nine men and one woman on Wednesday at the country's notorious Evin prison, in Tehran, semi-official news agency Fars reported. Some reports said the woman, identified as Fatemeh Haqiqat-Pajuh, killed her husband because he had raped her daughter from a previous marriage. However, the official overseeing the execution said Fatemeh was executed because she brutally murdered her husband in 2001, cutting him into pieces. All of the 10 people executed were convicted of murder. In Iran, capital punishment is imposed for murder, kidnapping , adultery, treason, drug trafficking of over five kilogrammes and other offences. On 17 November, Iran hanged Ali Ashtari, an Iranian who allegedly spied for Israel's intelligence agency Mossad. More than 200 hangings have taken place in Iran since the beginning of 2008. Last year, Iran was second only to China in the number of executions it carried out, hanging 317 individuals, according to rights group Amnesty International. |
| Posted by:Fred |