Young Iranian hanged despite judiciary order: report
AFP, December, 2007
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TEHRAN (AFP) — A young man has been hanged in an Iranian city for crimes committed while reportedly still a minor, in defiance of an order by the judiciary chief to stay the execution verdict, a report said on Thursday.
The 20-year old man was hanged for rape, at the prison in the western city of Kermanshah on Wednesday morning, the Etemad Melli newspaper said, quoting his lawyer.
The newspaper identified the convict as Makouan. However the man's case has attracted widespread attention over the past months from Western rights groups who identified him as Makouan Mouloudzadeh.
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The paper said Mouloudzadeh had spent seven years in jail after he was arrested at 13 for raping three teenagers, who later withdrew their complaint. The same version of events has been reported by Western rights groups.
"On November 11... the head of the justice administration of Kermanshah received an order ...
