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Iran hangs seven in public |
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Wednesday, 12 September 2007 |
Iran Focus
 Tehran, Iran Sep. 12 – Iranian authorities hanged seven individuals in public on Wednesday in the south-eastern town of Mahan, state media reported.
The seven men were identified as Ali Orang, Davoud Talebi, Majid Barzekar, Majid Man’ami, Mohammad Bameri, Amr Bameri, and Mehdi Pour-Sheikh-Ali
“These seven individuals were hanged for trouble-making and armed drug trafficking”, the head of Mahan’s Revolutionary Court, Ali Salari, told the government-owned news agency Fars.
On Friday, the chief of state security forces in Mahan was killed by “trouble-makers”, the report added.
Iranian authorities routinely execute dissidents on bogus charges such as armed robbery and drug smuggling.
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