Ali Akbar Dareini

Iran has hanged a woman convicted of murdering a man she said was trying to rape her.

Iranians rallied on Wednesday in the central city of Isfahan and the capital, Tehran, to protest a string of acid attacks on women in Isfahan in recent months, the latest public outcry over the assaults that have shocked the nation.

Iran has hanged a woman convicted of murdering a man she said was trying to rape her.

Iranians rallied on Wednesday in the central city of Isfahan and the capital, Tehran, to protest a string of acid attacks on women in Isfahan in recent months, the latest public outcry over the assaults that have shocked the nation.