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Six convicts hanged in Iran
Oct 13, 2009, 8:22 GMT
Tehran - Six convicts, including two women, were hanged last week in south-western Iran, the Kayhan newspaper reported Tuesday.
The six - five of them drug-traffickers, including the two women, the other one a murderer - were hanged between October 6 and 8 in Ahvaz, the report said.
Murder, rape, armed robbery and drug trafficking of quantities in excess of 5 kilograms are among the crimes punishable by death in Iran.
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