Public Execution in Iran (14 images)

Majid Kavousifar, 28 (L) and Hossein Kavousifar, 24, the convicted murderers of Hassan Moghaddas, a hardline deputy prosecutor and head of the "guidance" court in Tehran, are publicly hanged in central Tehran, Iran on August 2, 2007. (UPI Photo/Mohammad Kheirkhah)

An Iranian special police forces officer watches the convicted murderers of Hassan Moghaddas, a hardline deputy prosecutor and head of the "guidance" court in Tehran, at their public execution in central Tehran, Iran on August 2, 2007. (UPI Photo/Mohammad Kheirkhah)

Hossein Kavousifar, 24, a convicted murderer of Hassan Moghaddas, a hardline deputy prosecutor and head of the "guidance" court in Tehran, is publicly hanged in central Tehran, Iran on August 2, 2007. Moghaddas was shot dead by two men as he was getting into his car in August 2005. (UPI Photo/Mohammad Kheirkhah)

Hossein Kavousifar, 24, a convicted murderer of Hassan Moghaddas, a hardline deputy prosecutor and head of the "guidance" court in Tehran, is publicly hanged in central Tehran, Iran on August 2, 2007. (UPI Photo/Mohammad Kheirkhah)