Iran responds to FIFA criticism of stadium use as hanging court

January 16, 2017 - 12:51

TEHRAN – The stadium had been left abandoned, Fars Province Justice Department announced on Sunday in response to the International Federation of Association Football’s criticism why Iran recently used a soccer stadium to execute a hanging sentence.

“The place was only chosen for being set off by walls, for ensuring security rules, and to carry out the punishment of the murderer of a six-year-old child,” IRNA quoted the judicial department as having said.

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