FOUR PRISONERS HANGED PUBLICLY IN TEHRAN THIS MORNING

June 20, 2012, 12:53 p.m.

Iran Human Rights, June 20: According to the Iranian state-run media, four prisoners were hanged publicly in Tehran early morning on June 20.

According to the official website of the Iranian judiciary in Tehran the prisoners were all convicted of rape in four separate cases.

According to the report, the prisoners have been identified as: Iman Amani, son of Mohammad Hashem; Farshid Aliari, son of Farid; Behzad Tajik, son of Kazem; and Mohammad Aikahi, son of Hassan.

The ages of the prisoners were not mentioned in the report.