November 24, 2013. A 32-year-old man was executed in public in Khonj, Iran, over rape and murder charges.

The execution was carried out in presence of the families of the murdered ones and members of Khonj security council.

According to the sentence issued by Khonj revolutionary court and the confirmation of Fars province judiciary and the Supreme Court, the man was sentenced to death for killing 2 persons in 2006.

Abdollah Mohammadi, the head of Khonj judiciary said: "The executed convict had also confessed to raping a woman."

Source: HRNA, November 25, 2013