Rights Group Denounces Iran's 'Medieval' Public Hanging

Paris - Iranian authorities on Thursday executed a man in public in front of large crowds, a rights group said, denouncing a 'medieval' practice as the Islamic republic presses on with a surge in hangings.

The man, who had been convicted of the capital crime of 'corruption on earth,' was executed in the city of Maragheh in the northern province of East Azerbaijan, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights said.

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