Iran has hanged a woman and four men for murder in the capital’s Evin prison, the government daily Iran reported on Thursday.
Wednesday’s hangings bring to at least 180 the number of executions in Iran this year, according to an AFP count.According to Amnesty International, Iran applied the death penalty more than any other country apart from China last year, executing 317 people.Capital offences in the Islamic republic include murder, rape, armed robbery, drug trafficking and adultery.
