Post by MXB on Jun 22, 2006 16:04:19 GMT -5
IRAN. EIGHT MEN HANGED, MINOR SENTENCED TO DEATH
June 14, 2006: five Iranian men convicted of kidnapping and rape have been hanged in the southern cities of Kerman and Zahedan, the ISNA news agency reported.
Three men sentenced to die for six cases of kidnapping, robbery and rape were hanged on the morning of June 13 in Kerman, a local judiciary official was quoted as saying.
Two other men, who were only identified as Said A. et Nasser Ch., were hanged in the southeastern city of Zahedan for armed kidnapping and "creating a climate of terror in society".
On June 12, three men were hanged in city of Qazvin, west of Tehran. The men identified as Saji Mohammadi, Ali Shahsavari, and Hossein Barchlou were hanged inside the city’s main penitentiary.
The sentences were carried out in the presence of the prison judge and a representative of the State Security Forces. The men were all accused of drug
possession.
In a separate case, it was reported on June 12 that a 17 year old boy had been sentenced to death for murder, according to the daily ‘Etemad’.
The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence handed down to the youth, referred to only by his first name ‘Hamid’ and convicted of stabbing to death a 23 year old man during an argument in Shahr-e-Rey, a suburb south of the capital Teheran.
The ncident reportedly took place over two years ago.
For further information :
www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=7624
June 14, 2006: five Iranian men convicted of kidnapping and rape have been hanged in the southern cities of Kerman and Zahedan, the ISNA news agency reported.
Three men sentenced to die for six cases of kidnapping, robbery and rape were hanged on the morning of June 13 in Kerman, a local judiciary official was quoted as saying.
Two other men, who were only identified as Said A. et Nasser Ch., were hanged in the southeastern city of Zahedan for armed kidnapping and "creating a climate of terror in society".
On June 12, three men were hanged in city of Qazvin, west of Tehran. The men identified as Saji Mohammadi, Ali Shahsavari, and Hossein Barchlou were hanged inside the city’s main penitentiary.
The sentences were carried out in the presence of the prison judge and a representative of the State Security Forces. The men were all accused of drug
possession.
In a separate case, it was reported on June 12 that a 17 year old boy had been sentenced to death for murder, according to the daily ‘Etemad’.
The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence handed down to the youth, referred to only by his first name ‘Hamid’ and convicted of stabbing to death a 23 year old man during an argument in Shahr-e-Rey, a suburb south of the capital Teheran.
The ncident reportedly took place over two years ago.
For further information :
www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=7624