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Iran hangs five murder convicts, including woman
Oct 22, 2009, 23:58 GMT
Tehran - Iran has hanged five murder convicts, including a woman who had killed her newborn baby, in sentences carried out in Tehran's Evin prison, state media reported Friday.
The 27-year-old woman had in 2006 slain her 5-day-old son in a brutal way, the report said.
Until the day of her execution on Wednesday, the woman had refused to identify the infant's father.
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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