The public execution of Ahmad (32) in Varamin is postponed for one month

July 11, 2008, 11:35 p.m.

Iran Human Rights, July 11: The public hanging of Ahmad (32) who was scheduled to take place on Thursday July 10. in a village outside Varamin, has been postponed for one month, reproted the Iranian daily Etemaad.

The decision of postponing the execution was made by the family of the boy who was allegedly murdered by Ahmad, while the noose was around Ahmad’s neck.

Four other people were hanged in public yesterday in the town of Borazjan, after several months of break in the public hangings in Iran.