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[Rick Halperin]

Nov. 20



IRAN:

Iran steps up executions


5 men have been hanged in public in Irans northern province of Golestan, a
state-run daily reported on Monday.

The men, identified as Khashayar J., Ismail B., Abolghasem H., Ruhollah
T., and Hassan B., were hanged in public inside a stadium on Sunday, the
daily Etemaad wrote.

They were accused of rape and kidnapping.

On Saturday, the French news agency AFP quoted a report in the state-run
daily Etemaad Meli as saying that another five men, convicted of drug
trafficking, had been hanged in prison in the north-eastern province of
Khorasan Razavi on Friday.

State media have reported at least 159 hangings in Iran since the start of
2006.

(source: Iran Focus)