Iran hangs man who was already dead: NGO

Iranian authorities hanged a person convicted of drug offences although he had already been killed in a confrontation with jail officers simply previous to his deliberate execution, an NGO mentioned Monday.

The person, named as Nematullah Barahui, was to be hanged with one other man additionally convicted of drug offences in Zahedan jail in southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan province on Sunday, in response to Iran Human Rights (IHR), a Norway based mostly organisation.

However it cited unspecified native sources saying that he was killed in an altercation with officers earlier than the deliberate execution, and that the authorities hanged him anyway to forestall any authorized issues for the jail guards.