Iran: Two Inmates Hanged in Public in Zanjan Prison

Tuesday, August 18, 2015 2:38:21 PM

Two prisoners who were sentenced to the death penalty for allegedly raping, were executed by gallows in public on 18 Aug 2015.

The Revolutionary and Public Prosecutor of Zanjan said that offenders hanged on Tuesday morning.

They were accused of kidnapping, raping and murder, according to the reports quoted by judiciary officials.

The offenders forcibly confessed the murder done by one of them, when the body of a boy was found by police.