Posted on 05/30/2009 3:51:04 AM PDT by nuconvert
TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran on Saturday hanged three men in public accused of involvement in the bombing of a Shiite mosque that killed 25 people, an official said, branding them "terrorists" and "enemies of God."
The early morning executions took place near the mosque in southeastern Iran devastated by the bombing, official IRNA news agency quoted Hojatoeslam Ebrahim Hamidi, justice chief of Sistan-Baluchestan province, as saying.
At least 125 people were also wounded in the powerful blast, which rocked the Amir al-Momenin mosque in the Sistan-Baluchestan provincial capital Zahedan during evening prayers on Thursday.
"The terrorists Haji Noti Zehi, Gholam Rasoul Shahi Zehi and Zabihollah Naroui were hanged at 6:00 am (0130 GMT) near the Amir al-Momenin mosque in public," Hamidi told IRNA.
"They confessed to illegally bringing explosives into Iran and giving them to the main person behind the bombing," he added.
"They were convicted of being "mohareb" (enemies of God) and 'corrupt on the earth' and acting against national security," Hamidi said.
"They were arrested before the Thursday's bombing but they confessed that they had provided the explosives for the bombing. They were tried and they had court-appointed legal representation."
He said the trio had also been charged with "direct involvement in the bombing of a Sepah (Revolutionary Guards) bus in 2007, the Al-Ghadir mosque and some other bombings."
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Any idea of the true motivation behind the attacks? Where they disaffected Sunnis or anti-Islamists, or what have you?
I don’t think they need any particular motivation. They are brainwashed at birth.
“Any idea of the true motivation behind the attacks?”
Not really. This is a trouble spot in Iran.
But you can never rule out the regime itself doing stuff like this.
What happened to beheadings?
Guess they’re modernizing, working their way into the 19th century.
Hanging for treason and stoning fo adultery,
Actually, beheading is rare in Iran
I think it’s interesting that people who were already in prison, supposedly supplied the explosives to the suicide bomber.
No backlog on their court schedule, is there?
Maybe we should take a lesson here.
I’m only surprised they couldn’t find, convict and hang three Jews for this anti-islamic atrocity. /.5sarc
Wow. this is what i call a quick working “justice” system. Bombed on thursday hanged for that on saturday.
Sounds like Iran has a 100% solve rate... we should send our LEOs and FBI over to learn from them... /sarc
I looked for Ayers name and didn’t see it! Did he escape somehow?
Yes, I like their version of “right to speedy trial”. That’s a lesson we can learn from them. And I like the ideal of a closed end sentence—no life time incaceration. No chance of escape and it saves money, too.
Reminds me of the Dean Martin comment in the movie ROUGH NIGHT IN JERICO.
“We’ll hang him tomorrow right after the trial.”
JERICO = JERICHO.
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