Six men were hanged in the city of Zanjan, this morning

Iran Human Rights, February 20: Six men were hanged in the city of Zanjan west of Tehran, early morning February 20, reported the state run Fars news agency. They were convicted of an armed robbery in the "bazar" of Zanjan last year and were identified as: Hassan Rezaeian, Sohrab, Mehdi Dashti, Morteza Jafari, Monachehr Mohammadi and Nejat Ahmadi, according to the report. Hasan Rezaeian (also known as Shapour) was sentenecd to be hanged twice allegedly for murdering two individuals (Zahra Asakare and Jalal Aghabi). The hanging took place at the Islamabad prison of Zanjan. No information was given regarding the age of those executed this morning.