Iran carries out first public execution in two years -- NGO

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 25, 2022 12:00 am

Paris, France: Iran on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) carried out its first public execution in over two years, an NGO said, denouncing the practice as 'medieval' as concern grows over rising repression in the Islamic republic.

Iman Sabzikar, who had been convicted over the murder of a police officer in February 2022 in the southern city of Shiraz, was hanged in the early morning at the scene of the crime, Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights said.

An Iranian flag is pictured at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Jan. 8, 2020. XINHUA PHOTO

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