Iran hangs seven in public

Iran Focus
Wed. 12 Sep 2007

Tehran, Iran Sep. 12 – Iranian authorities hanged seven individuals in public on Wednesday in the south-eastern town of Mahan, state media reported.

The seven men were identified as Ali Orang, Davoud Talebi, Majid Barzekar, Majid Man’ami, Mohammad Bameri, Amr Bameri, and Mehdi Pour-Sheikh-Ali

“These seven individuals were hanged for trouble-making and armed drug trafficking”, the head of Mahan’s Revolutionary Court, Ali Salari, told the government-owned news agency Fars.

On Friday, the chief of state security forces in Mahan was killed by “trouble-makers”, the report added.

Iranian authorities routinely execute dissidents on bogus charges such as armed robbery and drug smuggling.