Iran Human Rights, May 28: One man was hanged in the southeast Iranian town of Zahedan according to the official Iranian sources.
According to the official web site of the Iranian judiciary in Baluchestan province, a man identified as Jamshid Mir (age not mentioned) was hanged in the central prison of Zahedan Wednesday May 26. The man was convicted of rape and was arrested on March 23. this year said the report.
According to the rights group "Iranian activists for human rights and democracy" five people were hanged in the prison of Rasht, in the north Iranian province of Gilan on Monday May 24. According to this report there was one woman among those executed. No official Iranian source has confirmed this news yet.