(January 5th, 2012) New video showing the public hanging of three men in Azadi Square in the city of Kermanshah, Iran. Uploaded in 480p so it should do well in full screen. Executioners stand them on top of buses then drive out from under them. Confirmed by IHRDC.

The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center has obtained exclusive video of a public execution of three persons that took place in Azadi Square in Kermanshah, Iran this morning, Thursday, 5 January, 2012. The names and ages of the three men hanged are reportedly Sassan Basami, 36 years of age; Ali Reza Ahmadi, 48 years of age; and Sadegh Eskandari, 33 years of age.

According to IHRDC’s running list of executions in the Islamic Republic of Iran (see http://www.iranhrdc.org/english/publications/3420-executions-in-iran.html), the IRI government carried out 659 executions of persons in 2011. Thus far, the high frequency of executions has continued unabated in 2012, with a reported 39 people executed in the space of three days.

http://www.iranhrdc.org/english/news/inside-iran/1000000028-ihrdc-exclusive-video-of-public-hanging-of-three-men-in-azadi-square-in-kermanshah-iran-this-morning-thursday-january-5-2012.html

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