By Tara Brady PUBLISHED: 07:33 EST, 15 October 2013 | UPDATED: 08:25 EST, 15 October 2013 It is believed around 200 people have been put to death in Iran since its new president Hassan Rouhani came to power in June A death row prisoner in Iran is to be hanged for a second time once he 'becomes well again' after he survived an initial bungled execution. The 37-year-old man named as Alireza M was 'put to death' in the Islamic regime's Bojnourd prison last Wednesday for drugs offences. After 12 minutes, he was certified as dead and taken to the prison morgue.
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The 37-year-old was put to death in the Islamic regime's Bojnourd prison
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After 12 minutes he was certified dead and taken to a morgue
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When his family went to collect his body the next day he was still breathing
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Guards are waiting for him to recover enough so he can be hanged again
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