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11/22/2024 04:31:31 am

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Reyhaneh Jabbari

Iranian Rape Victim Executed For Murder Despite Clemency Pleas

Convicted of murder by an Iranian court for killing a man who was raping her in self-defense, Reyhaneh Jabbari was executed by hanging Saturday morning at Tehran. With 600 executions in 2013, Iran was second only to China in that category.

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