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August 2, 2007
No. 2338

Executions In Iran On The Rise

In the past eight months, there have been 148 executions by public hanging in Iran. Eight of them have been carried out in Mashhad in the past 10 days, for delinquency. Preparations for the execution next month of 15 prisoners from Evin prison have been completed, and there are also additional prisoners who are waiting for their sentence to be carried out.

Source: Rooz, Iran, August 2, 2007

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