After Iran found four Kurds guilty with the involvement of an opposition group and reported bombings they were hung on Sunday. The Kurds are known as separatists group that is often in battle against the security forces. The Kurd group identifies itself as PEJAK and they claim they are fighting for Kurdish rights. The United States is often accused of arming and financing the group, by Iranian officials. Human activist and lawyers say that the four executed were not guilty. One of the four Kurds was an uneducated female and another was a teacher. There was another hanging on Sunday which involved a man who was also connected to a bombing.
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