Iran hangs man convicted in massive scam case

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : Iran applies the death penalty not only for offences such as murder and rape, but also in major economic and espionage cases.
41% : "All necessary opportunities were given to the defendants to pay the people's debts," Mizan said, noting Ghaffari had claimed during trial he was ready to reimburse investors, which would have spared him the death penalty.
41% : It is the world's second most prolific user of capital punishment after China, according to rights groups including Amnesty International.
39% : Mohammad Reza Ghaffari, owner of the Rezaayat Khodro Taravat Novin company, was hanged after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence for "large-scale disruption of the country's economic system" and network fraud, the judiciary's Mizan Online portal said.
32% : Read more: Iran publicly executes man convicted of raping two women Four die in Iran after drinking bootleg alcohol Iran executes man over espionage for Israel

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