Iran hangs a member of Sunni rebel group - report

Tue Nov 3, 2009 9:23am EST
 
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TEHRAN, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday it had executed a convicted member of the Jundollah Sunni rebel group, the semi-official Fars news agency quoted a senior police official as saying.

"Abdolhamid Rigi, who is not the brother of Jundollah's leader, was hanged inside a prison in the southeastern city of Zahedan on Monday," said Gholamali Nekoui, Fars reported. (Tehran newsroom +98 21 8820 8770)

 

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