Six prisoners executed in Iran
Six prisoners charged of rape were hanged in the Iranian Ahvaz
city of the Khuzestan province this morning, Fars news agency
reported.
An Iranian court has sentenced them to death by hanging due to rape
offending crimes in promenades of Khuzestan Province's Shoushtar
city.
The regional court's sentence has been approved by Iran's Supreme
Court.
Iran ranks second, after China, in terms of the number of
executions in the world. During the last 6 months, about 140 people
were hanged in Iran in total.