An Iranian semi-official news agency said authorities have hanged seven people convicted of armed robbery,murderandrapein southernIran. Tuesday's report by Mehr said four of the convicts were hanged in public while the other three were executed at a local jail in the city of Shiraz. The report said two more prisoners, convicted of armedrobbery,...

Baku. Konul Jafarli APA. 16 persons were executed in Shiraz, Arak and Tehran cities of Iran last week. APAreports quoting RadioFarda that those executed were convicted of drug smuggling and rape. 12 were executed in Shiraz, 3 in Arak and 1 in Tehran. The official website of Revolutionary Court in Shiraz reported that one of 8 executed persons was ...

Five rapists were hanged in a park in Iran's southwestern city of Yasouj on Thursday morning, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported. Four of the hanged men had raped a young woman after forcefully taking her away from her fiance and another executed man had raped another woman, said the report, adding that all of the executed were under 30 years ...