Iran hangs man for second time

An Iranian man faced execution for the second time months after surviving a previous attempt that had been stopped around half a minute in.

Iran Human Rights (IHR), a Norway-based NGO which tracks executions in Iran, disclosed this.

The first attempt to execute Ahmad Alizadeh, 26, was carried out on April 27 at Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj, near Tehran. 

During this execution, he was hanged for 28 seconds before the victim’s family shouted forgiveness, which led officials to bring him down.

Afterwards, prison staff attempted CPR on his ‘lifeless’ body, successfully reviving him and the first execution was called off, said IHR.

Ahmad Alizadeh was arrested and sentenced to death in October 2018 on a murder charge, a crime he denied committing.