Public executions in Iran, alleged to have the second-highest execution rate in the world after China, are usually conducted as punishment for murder or rape

Public hangings in Qazvin, 110 kilometers west of Tehran.

A convicted rapist is taken for execution. He was one of a group of more than a dozen men, who invaded a private party in Khomeinishahr, tied up male guests or locked them in rooms, and raped a number of the women.

Two convicted rapists are hanged. They formed part of a group of more than a dozen men, who invaded a private party in Khomeinishahr, tied up male guests or locked them in rooms, and raped a number of the women.

Abbas (24), Rajab Ali (23), Asghar (20), and Mansour (25) were convicted for forming part of a group of more than a dozen men, who invaded a private party in Khomeinishahr, tied up male guests or locked them in rooms, and raped a number of the women.

Mehdi Farahj is executed for the rape and murder of five women, in Qazvin, 110 kilometers west of Tehran, the location of the first murder.

Mehdi Farahj is executed for the rape and murder of five women, in Qazvin, 110 kilometers west of Tehran, the location of the first murder.

A crowd of thousands gathers to watch the execution of a group of convicted rapists, at a public park.

Mehdi Farahj is executed for the rape and murder of five women, in Qazvin, 110 kilometers west of Tehran, the location of the first murder.

Mehdi Farahj is executed for the rape and murder of five women, in Qazvin, 110 kilometers west of Tehran, the location of the first murder.

Mehdi Farahj is executed for the rape and murder of five women, in Qazvin, 110 kilometers west of Tehran, the location of the first murder.

The body of Mehdi Farahj, hanged for the rape and murder of five women, is removed after the execution.

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