The hanging brought to at least 157 the number of executions carried out in the Islamic republic so far this year, most of them by hanging and often in public.

At least 177 people were executed in 2006, according to Amnesty International, making Iran the most prolific applier of the death penalty in the world after China.

Capital offences in Iran include murder, rape, armed robbery, apostasy, blasphemy, serious drug trafficking, pederastry, adultery or prostitution, treason and espionage.

Iran has stepped up executions of rapists, drug traffickers and others deemed a public menace in recent months as part of a campaign it says is aimed at improving security in society.

SMCCDI Note: The Islamic regime uses, often, false labels in order to justify the extermination of some of its opponents, who have resorted to violence in reaction to its repressive rules. 

Their public execution intends to inrcease the sentiment of fear on what can be the consequence of standing against theocracy while the false labels is to accomodate the soft foreign circles which declare being concerned by human rights issues.