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Iran to execute 4 individuals next week

Iran Materials 18 June 2012 17:35 (UTC +04:00)
Next week Iran will publicly execute four people accused of rape, Fars news agency reports
Iran to execute 4 individuals next week

Azerbaijan, Baku, June 18/Trend D. Khatinoglu/

Next week Iran will publicly execute four people accused of rape, Fars news agency reports.

One of those, condemned to execution, committed the crime in 2006 and another in 2008. The third individual is convicted of raping a young woman three years ago while the fourth prisoner picked up women under the guise of being a taxi driver, took them to secluded areas and raped them.

The Iranian government executed 670 individuals in 2011. The country ranked second in the world after China in terms of execution.

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