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Iran Executes Three over ‘Terrorist’ Acts, Murder

A member of Iran's special police forces checks the rope before an execution by hanging, in Tehran, Aug. 2, 2007. (Reuters)

Iran hanged two men on Sunday for “terrorist acts” and another for murder and armed robbery, the judiciary’s official Mizan Online news agency said.

The three were executed early Sunday morning in the southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan province.

Two were named as Hassan Dehvari and Elias Qalandarzehi, arrested in April 2014 after being found with “a large amount of explosives” and weapons, AFP reported.

The pair were convicted of the abduction, bombing, murder of security forces and civilians, and of working with the militant Jaish Al-Adl (“Army of Justice“) group, according to Mizan.

Dehvari and Qalandarzehi were also arrested in possession of documents from Jaish Al-Adl on “how to make bombs.”

The third man executed was named as Omid Mahmoudzehi. He was convicted of armed robbery and the murder of civilians, Mizan said.

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