Three men were hanged in Bushehr early this morning July 22- Two of them were minor offenders

July 22, 2008, 4:07 p.m.

Iran Human Rights, July 22: Three men were hanged in the central prison of Bushehr (south of Iran) early this morning reported the state run news agency Fars. They were convicted of rape and were identified as "H. R.", "H. M" and "R. Sh" the report said. According to the report three others were hanged some time ago in relation to the same case. It emans that all together 6 men have been hanged convicted of the same rape case.

According to the sources in Iran, two of those executed today were Hassan Mozaffari and Rahman Shahidi who were minors at the time of the offence.

So far 4 minor offenders have been executed in 2008 in Iran.