Saravan, Dec 2, IRNA -- An armed robber, convicted of murder and
holding illegal fire arms, has been publicly hanged in the town of Saravan in
the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan.
Ababakr Razi was executed at Zaboli region of Saravan Wednesday
after being found guilty of murdering a man as well as keeping fire
arms and creating terror and insecurity in the region.
A local revolutionary tribunal found him as 'mohareb' or someone
who wages a war against God and 'mofsed fel arz' or the source of
corruption on the Earth, both punishable by death according to the
sharia law.
The execution was carried after the death sentence was upheld by
the state supreme court.