Shahla Jahed

Tehran, Dec. 1 (Reuters): The lover of an Iranian soccer star was hanged for murder today, despite pleas by international rights campaigners for clemency, the Isna news agency reported.

Shahla Jahed was convicted of stabbing to death the wife of Nasser Mohammadkhani, a striker for the national side during the 1980s and former manager of Tehran’s Persepolis team.

Laleh Saharkhizan was murdered in 2002 when Mohammadkhani was touring Germany with Persepolis. Isna said Mohammadkhani attended the execution in Tehran’s Evin prison.