Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 28 Iranian authorities hanged two men in public in the central province of Markazi on Monday, state media reported. Iran Focus
Tehran, Iran, Jan. 28 Iranian authorities hanged two men in public in the central province of Markazi on Monday, state media reported.
The two men, identified as Yazdan Karimi and Abu-Taleb Mohammadi-Nasb, were hanged in a public square in the city of Arak, the semi-official daily Jomhouri Islami reported in its Tuesday edition.
The two men were accused of murder and rape.
On Saturday, authorities executed a man, identified as Reza Sharifi, in the city of Mobarakeh in the central province of Isfahan, the government-run news agency Fars reported.