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(01:20) Report
Iran has hanged 12 men convicted of various offences including rape and kidnapping after showing their last minutes of life on television. Tehran's public prosecutor said dozens of bandits, robbers and rapists had been arrested in recent weeks.
He said the 12 were hanged inside Tehran's Evin prison where four other convicts were executed last week. Iran has one of the highest rates of execution in the world, according to Amnesty International which has condemned the executions.
Sonia Legg reports.
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