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Young man hanged in central Iran |
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Thursday, 18 January 2007 |
Iran Focus
 Tehran, Iran, Jan. 18 – A young Iranian man was hanged in central Iran, state media reported.
The 21-year-old man only identified by his first name Arash was accused of murder, the government-run news agency Fars reported on Tuesday.
Arash was a teenager when he purportedly stabbed a student at a high school in the town of Mobarakeh.
On Saturday, Fars reported that two men were hanged in a prison in the south-western province of Khuzestan.
The two men, who were not identified by name, were hanged in Karoon Prison in the restive city of Ahwaz.
They were accused of murder and armed robbery.
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