Iran executed a man publicly on Monday for the murder of a lawyer committed two years ago, state media reported. The judiciary’s Mizan Online website stated, “The death sentence against the murderer of a lawyer was carried out this morning in public in Shahroud city” in the northern Semnan province. The official IRNA news agency identified the man as a 20-year-old who admitted to being hired by a gang to kill the lawyer, without providing further details. This execution was conducted in alignment with the Islamic Sharia law of “retribution.”
Public executions are relatively rare in Iran, where most capital punishments are carried out inside prisons, typically by hanging. According to rights groups, including Amnesty International, Iran executes more people per year than any other nation except China. Additionally, on Wednesday, authorities in central Iran executed a male fortune-teller for raping and sexually assaulting his clients.
