A young man was hanged in Shiraz on May 27

May 31, 2009, 9:16 a.m.

Iran Human Rights, May 30: One man was hanged in the prison of Shiraz on Wednesday May 27. reported the state run Iranian news agency ISCA news today.

The man who was identified as "A. Gh." was convicted of a murder in February 2005 when he was 19 years old.

According to the report two others were schedyled to be executed along with "A. Gh.", but their execution was postponed.

One of them was Mohammadreza Haddadi, who was convicted of a murder when he was 15 years old. Haddadi’s case has been sent for reconsideration according to the report.