Iran Focus

Tehran, Iran, Feb. 17 - Authorities hanged a man in south-western Iran, state media reported on Tuesday.

The man was identified only by his initials A. Y.

He was hanged in the city of Bushehr, the semi-official daily Kayhan reported, without stating the date of his execution.

He was accused of murder.

At least 59 people were executed in Iran in January.

Iran's judiciary spokesman Ali Reza Jamshidi confirmed on 13 January that two men had been stoned to death for adultery in Mashhad in December while a third man managed to struggle out of the hole he had been buried in.

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