Iran to hang two Afghans for rape of French hiker
Iran to hang two Afghans convicted of raping a French tourist who was hiking in the Farahzad district last year.
Iran to hang two Afghans convicted of raping a French tourist who was hiking in the Farahzad district on September 19 last year.
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Two other defendants, who absconded during the trial, remain at large, the Iran daily said.
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Both men convicted had pleaded not guilty to the charge of raping the 24-year-old tourist as she was hiking in the Farahzad district on September 19 last year.
She was rescued by a fifth Afghan.
The court fined a sixth Afghan for helping the two absconders to flee the country, the government daily said.
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More than three million Afghans live in Iran, many of them refugees from the conflict that has devastated their homeland for decades. Only a third of them have legal residency.
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