One man was hanged in public in Tehran early this morning

Iran Human Rights, September 20: One man was hanged publically in Tehran early this morning, reported the Iranian state media.

According to the official Iranian news agency IRNA, the man who was identified as Sajjad Jalili, was convicted of murdering Dr. Gholamreza Sarabi, a heart specialist, in September 2010. He was hanged at 6 AM in the "Nabovat Square" of Tehran where the murder took place.

Another Iranain news agency Aftab reported that "young people had gathered several hours in advance to see the public hanging". According to this report the prisoner, Sajjad Jalili told the reporters that he had no regrets for committing the murder.