Three convicted rapists publicly hanged in northern Iran

Tehran - Three convicted rapists were publicly hanged in northern Iran, the Tehran press reported Thursday.

The three were executed on Wednesday in a square in the Caspian Sea city of Babolsar after their initial verdicts were confirmed by the Supreme Court.

The three had abducted and then raped 13 women, including a pregnant one, in 2007 and were identified and arrested after one of the women complained to the police, the daily newspaper Iran reported.

Murder, rape, armed robbery and drug trafficking of quantities in excess of five kilograms are among the crimes punishable by death in Iran.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/318835,three-convicted-rapists-publicly-hanged-in-northern-iran.html.