‘Emotional effects on society’: Iran publicly executes man, executing a child; The victim’s family called for this

IAccording to the Mizan online news website of the judiciary, a young girl convicted of rape and murder was publicly killed in North -West city of Buchan on Saturday.Public execution took place at the request of the victim’s family, who were involved in legal proceedings. The person was sentenced to death in March, which was later retained by the Supreme Court of Iran. Provincial Chief Justice Nasar Attabati said, as Mizan quoted, “at the request of the victim’s family and citizens, due to the emotional impact of the case on the society,”While public execution in Iran is not regular, they are done in cases considered particularly serious. Under the Iranian law, both rape and murder are punishable by death. According to human rights groups, including Amnesty International, Iran ranks as the second largest executioner in the world after China.