Iran hangs three convicted murderers

February 09 2009 18:37:24

Iran hangs three convicted murderers

Agence France-Presse

Naser Ahmadi, Saeed Jannati and Farzad Jannati had kidnapped and killed Nourali Shademani in 2005, the Jomhuri Eslami reported, adding the three were hanged on Thursday. The latest executions bring to at least 44 the number of people hanged in Iran so far this year.

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