Iran botching executions due to sheer numbers

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Human rights activists, already concerned about Iran's high rate of executions, say Alireza should be spared under international law, which forbids "cruel and unusual punishment".

There are also concerns that Iran is botching hundreds of executions, leaving people to die slow, agonising deaths, because the sheer volume of killings being carried out means they are not being done "professionally".

According to Amnesty International, at least 508 people may have been executed in Iran this year.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/19/hope-for-iranian-hanging-victim