2012 Photo Contest, Contemporary Issues, 2nd prize

Hanging in Iran

Photographer

Ebrahim Noroozi

Jamejam Online

26 May, 2011

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.

About the photographer

Ebrahim Noroozi

Ebrahim Noroozi (b. 1980) is a photographer from Tehran, Iran who began his professional career as a photographer with a domestic news agency in Iran.  From 2008 to 2012,...

Background story

Qazvin, Iran

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. 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
80 mm
F-Stop
f/10.0
ISO
160
Camera
Nikon D3

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