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Iran Focus
 Tehran,
Iran, Jul. 10 – A young man was hanged in the north-eastern city of Shahroud while several others were sentenced to execution
and lashes, the state-run media reported on Sunday.
The daily Khorassan reported on Sunday that Davoud Sh., 31 years old, was
hanged on Saturday. He was accused of rape.
The daily Sharq reported on Saturday that another
man, identified only as Bahzad, was sentenced to
receive 74 lashes in public and be hanged in public on charges of kidnapping.
His alleged accomplice, a woman identified only as Anita, was sentenced to 10
years in prison, 74 lashes, and a fine.
Separately, the daily reported that a court in Tehran sentenced a man, identified as Alireza, to three times execution on charges of murder.
A young man, identified only as Hassan, was sentenced to execution by a court
in Tehran for
fatally stabbing a friend during a skirmish that initially began as a joke,
the state-run news agency ISNA reported on Saturday.
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