Three people hanged, another man lashed in public

Human Rights Activists in Iran
In the past week, three people were hanged in Mashhad and Dezful while the flogging sentence of another person was carried out in public by the Department of Justice.
Quds state-run daily said today that the execution of two people in Mashhad prison was carried out on charges of rape in two separate cases. Their names were not mentioned in this report.
The Khuzestan Justice Department also announced yesterday that last Tuesday (April 20, 2010) a person by the name of Rahman R. was hanged in Dezful Prison on charges of intentional beating and murder of Davoud T.
In a statement, the Khuzestan Justice Department also said that a person identified a Reza S. was lashed in public for immoral conduct in the Homafaran Intersection in Masjed Soleiman on April 20. The number of lashes was not specified.