Photos by Mehr News Agency

Four men convicted of raping young girls by force were hanged in Tehran on Wednesday morning. According to Mehr News Agency, the men were hanged in Shahid Mahallati highway in southeastern Tehran.

Crimes including drug trafficking, murder, adultery, rape and armed robbery are subject to death penalty in Iran; and often those convicted of violent crimes are publicly hanged.

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