An Iranian gallows. Iran has one of the highest rates of
execution in the world
Iran's justice minister says there is "no need" for
a man who survived a hanging to be hanged a
second time.
Lawyers want the head of the judiciary to stop a repeat
hanging after the man was found alive in a morgue.
Justice Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi said
executing the man would have repercussions against
Iran's image, the ISNA news agency reported.
The government has no direct control over the
judiciary which has to decide whether a second
execution takes place.
Iran has one of the highest rates of execution in the
world.
The 37-year-old convicted drug smuggler, named as
Alireza M, was found alive in a morgue after being
hanged at a jail in the north-eastern city of Bojnord last
week.
He had been left to hang for 12 minutes after which a
doctor declared him dead, reports said.
But when the prisoner's family went to collect his body
from the prison morgue the next day, they found he
was still breathing.
The man was then moved to a hospital where he was
being kept under armed guard.
His condition is not known although the IRNA news
agency reported on Monday that he had fallen into a
coma.
Last week, Amnesty International urged Iran not to go
ahead with a repeat execution.
It also called for a moratorium on all executions in
Iran.
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