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Iran on Monday executed five people convicted of multiple "armed robberies and banditry which rendered roads unsafe and spread terror among people," the judiciary's Mizan Online website said. On Friday, Iran hanged four people convicted of spying for Iran's arch foe Israel, less than two weeks after authorities had executed a man on similar charges. pdm/mz/fz
The UN in November this year warned that Iran was carrying out executions at an alarming rate as 419 people have been executed in the first seven months of the year.
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