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Iran Focus
 Tehran, Iran, Nov. 03 –
Two Iranian men were hanged in a prison in the south-western city of Ahwaz.
The men, identified as Amir E. and Ali H., were
hanged in Karoon Prison on Thursday, the
government-owned news agency Fars
reported on Friday.
They were accused of theft and murder.
Ahwaz, the Arab-dominated provincial capital of
oil-rich Khuzestan
Province, has been the
scene of unremitting anti-government protests since early 2005.
Iran’s
state-run press have reported at least 13 executions in the past week.
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