Iran hangs two men for blasphemy, says report

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Iran has executed two people who had been sentenced to death for blasphemy. (Representational image via Unsplash)

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Iran hangs two men for blasphemy, says report

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Iran has executed two people who had been sentenced to death for blasphemy, showed Iran’s judiciary website Mizan Monday.

The execution of Yousef Mehrdad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare was carried out for crimes including blasphemy, insulting the religion of Islam, the prophet and other sanctities, the website showed.

First published on: 08-05-2023 at 10:27 AM IST