Thursday, August 02, 2007

Pic of soon-to-be-executed Iranian

Via National Review's "The Corner" I came across these pictures of some recent public hangings in Iran. Click here. While the picture I've linked to is merely poignant, some of them are graphic; e.g., closeups of guys who've just been hung.

From looking at the series of pictures, the "modern" trappings of the executions stood out to me: using cranes to suspend the men; using blue ski-rope-looking nooses.

There's no denying the sobering aspect of such a spectacle.

3 comments:

Sean Braisted said...

Whats weird is that the executions have uniforms with the word "POLICE" on them...I wonder if they get them from the US?

Sean Braisted said...

On second thought, we probably don't get ours from the US.

ned said...

True; they probably got a good deal on them from a (Chinese) Law Enforcement Outlet Store.

Good eye, I didn't notice that.