Three men were hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison early this morning

July 2, 2008, 4:47 p.m.

Iran Human Rights, July 2: Three people were hanged in the Evin Prison in Tehran, early this morning, reported the state run news agency ISCAnews. They are dientified as: "Hamidreza M." (26) convicted of murdering Roohollah (21) in 2006, "Reza" (age not given) convicted of murdering "Ramin R." in 2006 and "Naghib" (age not given) convicted of murdering Abdulrasoul in 2004.

Four others were scheduled to be executed today, but execution of three of them was postponed. These three are identified as: Vahid R (31), Firooz (27) and Ali (age not given). The fourth man, identified as "Majid B", was convicted of murdering Saeed in 2006. He was pardoned by the family of the offended.