Two men were hanged in Shiraz

Iran Human Rights, July 4: Two men were hanged in the Adelabard prison of Shiraz early Wednesday morning, July 1, reported the Iranian daily newspaper Etemad today.

The men were identified as "Yavar" convicted of a murder in 2003, and Masoud convicted of a murder in 2006, according the report. The report also said that Masoud had withdrawn his confession and claimed that his confession to the murder was taken under pressure.

Age of none of the men was mentioned in the report.

Besides these two, 12 people were hanged in the cities of Tehran and Qom on July 1. and 2.

According to reports from Iran, at least php?article1175" class='spip_in'>29 people are scheduled to be executed in Ghezel Hesar prison of Tehran on Saturday July 4.