TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday hanged a convicted rapist in the northern city of Sari, the ISNA news agency reported.
The man sent to the gallows had threatened and raped his victim while claiming to be a law enforcement agent, the report added without giving further details.
The latest hanging brings the number of executions, reported in Iran so far this year, to 207.
Iranian media reported 179 hangings last year but international human rights groups say the actual number was much higher, ranking the Islamic republic second only to China in the number of people it executed in 2010.
Tehran says the death penalty is essential to maintain law and order, and that it is applied only after exhaustive judicial proceedings.
Murder, rape, armed robbery, drug trafficking and adultery are among the crimes punishable by death in Iran.
The man sent to the gallows had threatened and raped his victim while claiming to be a law enforcement agent, the report added without giving further details.
The latest hanging brings the number of executions, reported in Iran so far this year, to 207.
Iranian media reported 179 hangings last year but international human rights groups say the actual number was much higher, ranking the Islamic republic second only to China in the number of people it executed in 2010.
Tehran says the death penalty is essential to maintain law and order, and that it is applied only after exhaustive judicial proceedings.
Murder, rape, armed robbery, drug trafficking and adultery are among the crimes punishable by death in Iran.
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