Iran Human rights, May 26: Four people were hanged in public in the city of Shiraz, south of Iran.
According to the state run Iranian news agency IRNA, four men were hanged in public in two different points of Shiraz, this morning.
Two of the men identified as Hamid Ranjbar Eslamlou and Hamidreza Bagheri, were hanged at the "Kozegari" square of Shiraz. They were charged with "armed robbery, kidnapping, drinking alcohol and immoral relationshipd".
Two others, identified as "Masoud Dehghan and Mehdi Alipour, were hanged in the Golestan area of Shiraz, convicted of rape.
Earlier today a man was hanged in public in the city of Qazvin (pictures). A young boy was used to carry out the execution.
According to the official reports at least 45 people have been executed in the month of May. Thirteen of the executions have been carried out in public.