Iran hangs five people, including one woman, for murder

Tehran: Iran hanged four men and one woman in a Tehran jail for murder, a newspaper reported on Thursday.

The five were executed on Wednesday in Tehran's Evin prison, state newspaper Iran reported.

Two others were given reprieve, the report said.

One man, who killed his future wife and her lover, was granted a stay of execution for two months to seek forgiveness from the family, who can accept blood money for sparing him.