Man Publicly Hanged for Rape and Murder of 7-Year Old in Iran
According to the New York Times a man was hanged in a public execution after allegedly confessing to the rape and murder of a 7-year old girl.
Esmail Jafarzadeh, 42, was hanged in Parsabad town square on Wednesday. He was convicted of the murder of Atena Aslani in August, and handed a death sentence earlier this month.
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Iran’s President, Hassan Rouhani, said the crime was ‘horrendous’, urging authorities to deal with him as quickly as possible. Prosecutor Naser Atabati said that his swift execution was made a spectacle to “restore the citizens’ sense of security and relieve their troubled minds”.
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