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Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-wallace-cranes-iran-20110706,0,2846797.story
Iran's Execution Binge
(Los Angeles Times) Mark D. Wallace - Since January, Iran has been on an execution binge. In February, the UN reported that the rate of executions in Iran had increased threefold in 2011 over the previous year. It is estimated that more than 140 people have been executed in Iran so far this year. Amnesty International reported that Iran is the only country this year known to have executed juvenile offenders, a violation of international law. 13 people had been hanged in public by the end of April, evidence of Iran's effort to intimidate and terrorize its own population. In a number of instances, those executed have been left hanging high in the air on construction cranes for all to see.