2012 Photo Contest, Contemporary Issues, 2nd prize

Hanging in Iran

Photographer

Ebrahim Noroozi

Jamejam Online

26 May, 2011

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

About the photographer

Ebrahim Noroozi

Ebrahim Noroozi was born in 1980 in Tehran, Iran. He began working as a professional photographer in 2004, with Fars News Agency. His photographs have appeared nationally and in...

Background story

Qazvin, Iran

The body of Mehdi Farahj, hanged for the rape and murder of five women, is removed after the execution. Public executions in Iran are usually conducted as punishment for murder or rape, though lesser crimes, such as fraud, can also incur a death sentence. Iran is alleged to have the second-highest execution rate in the world after China, but supplies no official figures for hangings.

Technical information

Shutter Speed
1/250 sec
Focal length
28 mm
F-Stop
f/8.0
ISO
160
Camera
Nikon D3

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