Two brothers were hanged publicly in western Iran today
Saturday 5 January 2013
Iran Human Rights, January 5: Two prisoners were hanged publicly in the town of Shahr-e-Kord (western Iran) early this morning, reported the Iranian state media.
According to the state run news agency Mehrnews the prisoners who were two 21 and 24 year-old brothers, were convicted of sodomy rape for kidnapping and raping a 17-year-old boy.
None of the prisoners were identified by name.
The public hanging was carried out at the Bazar (market) crossing of Shahr-e-Kord.
