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Execution; December 2004
Iran rapist,
sodomite publicly hanged
Two Iranians convicted of rape and sodomy were hanged publicly, watched by cheering crowds, in the northeastern city of Mashad, the conservative daily Quds reported on Tuesday. The paper identified the first man, who was hanged on Sunday, by his first name of Mohmmad Reza and said he had a history of repeated sodomy. The second man, who was identified by his first name of Mostafa, was convicted of repeated rape and hanged on Monday. The daily added that both public hangings drew cheering crowds. At least 97 people have been executed in Iran this year, according to reports in Iran's main newspapers and other media monitored by AFP. Amnesty International has reported that at least 108 executions took place in 2003 and 113 in 2002. Murder, armed robbery, rape, sodomy, apostasy and serious drug trafficking are all punishable by death in Iran. AFP
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