Tehran (ANTARA News/Xinhua-OANA) - Three rapists were hanged in public in Iran`s central city of Arak, semi-official ISNA news agency reported on Wednesday.

The three convicted men had raped a young girl after picking her as a passenger in Arak and taking her to the house of one of the rapists.

They were hanged in one of the squares of Arak in attendance of groups of people on Wednesday morning, according to ISNA.

Crimes including drug trafficking, murder, adultery, rape and armed robbery are subject to death penalty in Iran.(*)

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