Iran Executes 20-Year-Old Man In Public For Murdering Lawyer

The man confessed to having been hired by a gang to kill the lawyer, state media reported.

Iran carried out on Monday a rare public execution of a man over the murder of a lawyer two years ago, state media reported.

"The death sentence against the murderer of a lawyer was carried out this morning in public in Shahroud city" of the northern Semnan province, the judiciary's Mizan Online website said.

The official IRNA news agency said the man was a 20-year-old who confessed to having been hired by a gang to kill the lawyer, without providing further details.