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Iran hangs four criminals in new round of public executions

By Reuters

Iran hanged four criminals in public on Wednesday, an Iranian news agency said, the latest of a series of public executions that have been criticised by rights groups and European governments.

The offenders were put to death in the southern city of Shiraz after being convicted of banditry, smuggling, illegal weapons possession and armed confrontation with security forces, the Fars News Agency said.

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A big crowd watched the hangings, Fars reported, adding that onlookers said executions should continue until "all criminal activities had ended" in the area.

A provincial justice department official said one criminal or smuggler had been executed each week in southerly Fars province since the start of the Iranian year on March 21. Shiraz is the capital of Fars province.

"This shows the efforts of the judiciary system in bringing about permanent social security and a serious confrontation with those people who are corrupt," Abdolnabi Najibi was quoted as saying by Fars.

The number of executions in Iran, many in public, has risen since July with the launch of a summer crackdown on "immoral behaviour". Police have arrested dozens of drug addicts, smugglers, rapists and murderers.

Amnesty International has protested to Iran over the number of executions, which it said in an April report had doubled to at least 177 last year. Before the latest series of hangings, Amnesty said at least 124 people had been put to death in 2007.

The European Union has criticised Tehran's human rights record and expressed concern about the use of death penalty in the Islamic state. Murder, rape, adultery, armed robbery, apostasy and drug trafficking are all punishable by death under Iran's Islamic sharia law, imposed after the 1979 revolution.

Iran routinely dismisses criticism of rights abuses, particularly from Western organisations or countries, saying it is acting on the basis of sharia.

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1.	Oh how terrible......MUSLIMS KILLING MUSLIMS...	13:43	\|	SLAVO	05/09/07

2.	I believe only EU,Britain and Canada have abolished capital	13:50	\|	lakshmi	05/09/07

3.	#2	14:11	\|	israeli	05/09/07

4.	When will they hang Almadinejad	14:19	\|	David	05/09/07

5.	Natalie Durson	14:21	\|	sam	05/09/07

6.	Hang them all	14:29	\|	JS	05/09/07

7.	HANGING PEOPLE THAT ARE CORRUPT??	14:34	\|	Robert	05/09/07

8.	israeli 3	14:37	\|	realism	05/09/07

9.	they should look into human rights abuse by g.w.bush	14:57	\|	VIPER	05/09/07

10.	#3, israel, one of your own, but how many arab ?	14:59	\|	VIPER	05/09/07

11.	VIPER of the US Trans Authority	15:11	\|	Lynn	05/09/07

12.	my favorite is death for apostasy	15:13	\|	rachman	05/09/07

13.	HAARETZ	15:18	\|	indrajaya	05/09/07

14.	Viper	15:41	\|	Marco	05/09/07

15.	Public executions is reflection of regime	15:45	\|	Abu	05/09/07

16.	Sam - A response	15:48	\|	Natalie Durson	05/09/07

17.	#9 realism - not	15:54	\|	Sol	05/09/07

18.	3israeli & Viper,israeli I am curious as to why the one person	15:54	\|	lakshmi	05/09/07

19.	Something to look forward to as the Caliphate spreadsEurabia next	15:57	\|	PETER S.M.	05/09/07

20.	#10 VIPER	16:04	\|	Sol	05/09/07

21.	Then The Executioners Executed Themselves.	16:08	\|	Tony Anthony	05/09/07

22.	4David. Remember, Danton & Robespierre?	16:11	\|	bat yam	05/09/07

23.	A Collective Sigh of Relief When These Cretins Are Ousted	16:24	\|	Solon	05/09/07

24.	REALISM they are enemy actively involved in war against Israelis	16:27	\|	PETER S.M.	05/09/07

25.	HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE? CRIMINALS MUST BE HANG - IT SHOULD BE THE WAY	16:51	\|	indrajaya	05/09/07

26.	NO I	17:38	\|	JOE CAPPOLA.	05/09/07

27.	Lakshmi # 2	17:54	\|	ChanahS	05/09/07

28.	To the idiots among us	17:55	\|	ChanahS	05/09/07

29.	to Lakshmi #2	17:57	\|	David	05/09/07

30.	Natallie and israel WOW!!	19:06	\|	notblackorwhite	05/09/07

31.	Such a hypocrisy	19:31	\|	Lisen	05/09/07

32.	sol 17	20:10	\|	realism	05/09/07

33.	peter sm 24	20:16	\|	realism	05/09/07

34.	To Indrajaya	21:38	\|	Persian Kitty	05/09/07

35.	#11, LYN, no it`s not	10:43	\|	VIPER	06/09/07

36.	#14, marco, NOT GETTING THE MESSAGE	10:43	\|	VIPER	06/09/07

37.	#20, SOL, ah yes, a war, though not declared	10:51	\|	VIPER	06/09/07

38.	Iran hangs four criminals in new round of public executions	06:31	\|	sushil	07/09/07

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