Iran football star's wife hanged after eight-year campaign to save her life

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Iran football star's wife hanged after eight-year campaign to save her life

Telegraph

Iran football star's wife hanged after eight-year campaign to save her life

Iran on Wednesday hanged the "temporary wife" of one of its leading football stars despite an eight-year campaign to save her life.

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Dec 1, 2010

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Iran executes woman accused of murdering lover's wife

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Shahla Jahed, who was convicted of murdering the wife of football legend Naser Mohammadkhani, was hanged in the early hours of this morning, Iran state news agencies have reported/ Shahla Jahed, the mistress of Iranian football star Naser Mohammadkhani, during her trial in Tehran. Photograph: ...

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Iran hangs footballer's mistress

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Iran has executed a woman sentenced to death for murdering the wife of a prominent footballer, her lawyer says. Abdolsamad Khoramshahi said Shahla Jahed was hanged at 0500 local time (0130 GMT) at Tehran's Evin prison, the official Irna news agency reported. International human rights groups ...

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Former Iran football player's mistress hanged

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Former Iran football player's mistress hanged

A former Iranian football player's mistress – known as a "temporary wife" – who was convicted of murdering the player's wife, has been hanged./ Shahla Jahed was hanged at dawn, after spending more than eight years in jail, according to media, in a case that has captivated the Iranian public for ...

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Iran soccer star's lover hanged for wife's murder

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TEHRAN, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- An Iranian woman convicted of killing the wife of a former soccer star was hanged Wednesday after spending eight years in prison, her lawyer said. Lawyer Abdolsamad Khoramshahi said Khadijeh Shahla Jahed was hanged at Evin prison in Tehran after her guilty verdict was ...

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