Stephanie Nebehay said today in a Reuters piece that Amnesty International has recorded 210 hangings in Iran so far this year, compared to 177 for all of last year. Her article cited an IRNA report Thursday that Iran had hanged three more people for participation in a bombing attack in the southwestern part of the country. She noted a Thursday meeting of the UN Human Rights Council at which delegates from Canada and Portugal criticized Iran for its poor human rights record. Read the full article here.