IRAN'S DAILY LIFE
A May 16, 2007 file photo shows an Iranian driver with a noose hanging from his rear view mirror in Tehran, Iran. Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi issued a decree on January 29, 2008 banning execution in public, IRNA reported."No execution should be carried out in public henceforth," Ayatollah Shahroudi said, according to the Media Center of the Judiciary. (UPI Photo/Mohammad Kheirkhah)
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