Azerbaijan, Baku, June 20/Trend D. Khatinoglu/
Iran publicly executed four people accused of rape, IRNA reported on Wednesday.
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 executed persons' first names were announced only, 21-year old Farshid and Mohammad and 25-year old Iman and Ehsan were executed at 4:00 local time.
The Iranian government executed 670 individuals in 2011. The country ranked second in the world after China in terms of execution.