Iran executes man convicted of attacks on dozens of women in Tehran

Iranian authorities executed a man convicted of “corruption of earth” for attacking dozens of women on the capital’s streets, the judiciary says.

Rastgooei Kandolaj attacked at least 59 women using an awl, causing injuries and sowing “terror in Tehran,” the judiciary’s Mizen Online news website says.

Multiple women had reported that the assailant was riding a motorcycle when he carried out the attacks, Mizan says.

The report did not specify when Kandolaj was arrested.

He was handed down a death sentence after being convicted of the capital offense “corruption on earth,” Mizan says.

“The death sentence of… Rastgooei Kandolaj, who injured women and girls with an awl and created terror in Tehran, was carried out,” it says.

The Islamic Republic executes more people per year than any other nation except China, for which no reliable figures are available, according to human rights groups including Amnesty International.