Contemporary Issues, 2nd prize
Hanging in Iran
Ebrahim Noroozi
Jamejam Online
Jamejam Online
26 May, 2011
The body of Mehdi Farahj, hanged for the rape and murder of five women, is removed after the execution.
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...
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.
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