Two brothers were publicly hanged early morning today in Gachsaran, south west Iran, according to the state-run Rokna news agency. They were charged with armed robbery from a jewelry during which they killed two tradesmen late 2017.
Incessant executions have been stepped up, only days before the Iranian calendar new year.
In yet another case on the dawn of Saturday March 10, another inmate, Javad Gol Niat, father of 8 year old twin girls was hanged in the Central Khoy Prison, north west of the country.
He was arrested for rape in 2014 and was then sentenced to death by the Iranian Judiciary.
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