Iran hangs two 'Sunni rebels': report

Iran has hanged two "rebels" accused of links to a Sunni militant group in a restive southeastern province, including a man who worked as a journalist in the region, a press report said on Tuesday. Yaghoub Mehrnahad and Abdolnasser Taherisadr were hanged after being convicted of "cooperating with so-called Jundallah group" headed by Abdolmalek Rigi, the reformist Etemad Melli daily reported. Reports have also said he worked in the region for the Tehran reformist newspaper Mardomsalari (Democracy).

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