Four people were hanged in Shiraz (southern Iran)

Iran Human rights, March 14: Four people were executed by hanging in the Adelabad prison of Shiraz, reported the Iranian daily enwspaper Etemaad today.

According to the report the men were identified as:

 Abolhassan (age not given), convicted of a murder in 1981

 26 years old man (name not given), convicted of murder

 Young man (name and age not given), convicted of murder

gif" width='8' height='11' class="puce" alt="-" style='height:11px;width:8px' /> 23 years old man (name and age at the time of committing the offence not given), convicted of raping two boys.

According to our sources, there are several minor offenders on death row in the Adelabad prison of Shiraz.

In 2008, at least two minor offenders were executed in the Adelabad prison of Shiraz.