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Source: http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1695492006
Outcry as Iran Set for 11 Public Hangings
[Scotsman-UK] Margaret Neighbour - Tehran's hardline Islamic regime is preparing to publicly hang 11 Iranian Arabs convicted of involvement in a bombing campaign in which over 20 were killed last year. The executions are due to take place by Monday. The intention is to disperse the hangings in several cities with largely Arab populations in order to spread fear, activists say. [Arabs are a disadvantaged minority among Iran's ethnic Persians.] The sentences were imposed after swift trials behind closed doors which human-rights groups say did not meet international standards.