They were tried through YouTube and hanged by remote control as hundreds captured their agonising last moments on mobile phones. But though the deaths of Alireza Mafiha and Mohammad Ali Sarvari had all the accoutrements of the 21st century, the essence of their executions was medieval. The pair, executed for robbery, were paraded before a baying crowd of 300 in a public park at the centre of the Iranian capital, Tehran. Shocking: Iranians witness the public execution of Alireza Mafiha and Mohammad Ali Sarvari in Tehran. The two men posted a video on YouTube in December showing them robbing and assaulting a man with a machete
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Alireza Mafiha, 23 and Mohammad Ali Sarvari, 20, executed in Tehran
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Pair had posted a video of themselves assaulting man with machete
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Footage shown on state television and caused public outcry
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Two accomplices were sentenced to 10 years in prison and 74 lashes
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