Iran, Tuesday, hanged in public three men found guilty of rape in the city of Kermanshah in the west of the country, ISNA news agency reported.
According to the ISNA report, the three men had also recorded the victim when they were raped with the aim of the film will be used to blackmail them.
People who witnessed the executions are chanted slogans praising the judicial office because such criminals sentenced to death, according to ISNA - which monitored ANTARA here on Tuesday.
The most recent execution makes the number of people executed in Iran so far this year 164, according to the calculation of the French news agency AFP, based on official reports and media.
Iranian media reported hanged 179 years ago but human rights groups claim the number is actually much more, so that the Islamic Republic is in second position after China in the number of people sentenced to death.
Tehran declared the death penalty is important to maintain law and order, and only carried out after an exhaustive judicial process. Murder, rape, armed robbery, drug trafficking and adultery, including the perpetrators of crimes punishable by death in Iran.