Youths hanged at scene of crime

Tehran - Two Iranian teenagers have been hanged in the northern Iranian city of Rasht, the conservative Qods daily reported yesterday…

Tehran - Two Iranian teenagers have been hanged in the northern Iranian city of Rasht, the conservative Qods daily reported yesterday.

Milan Zamin Afshan (19) and Ebrahim Qorbanzadeh (17) had been found guilty of having killed a father and his 16-year-old son while trying to rob them in their house. According to the paper, the gallows were set up in front of their victims' house in Rasht, as ordered by the court.

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