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Iran hangs three men over 2019 bombing attacks

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Iranian-Swedish dual national Farajollah Cha'ab was accused of masterminding a 2018 attack on a military parade that killed at least 25 people and was executed in April 2023. [AP Photo]

Iran hanged three men Monday who were convicted of carrying out the 2019 bombing attacks in the restive southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, the judiciary said.

The three men were sentenced to death after they were found guilty of bombing attacks targeting a police station and a patrol vehicle in Zahedan, the capital of Sistan-Baluchistan province, in 2019.

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