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FOUR MEN who gang-raped a woman in front of her husband as the couple climbed a mountain have been executed, according to reports.

The perpetrators are believed to have bound the man's hands and feet together before inflicting a vile attack upon his wife in front of him. The couple are believed to be keen mountain climbers who were ambushed in the Khorasan Razavi province in north-eastern Iran, according to Iran International TV.

The four vile rapists named by the prosecutors office, Ruhollah Javidi Rad, Mohammad Sayadi Baghansgani, Mohammad Hosseini and Mohammad Watandoost, were arrested following a thorough investigation.

The gruesome gang were charged with the kidnapping and rape of a woman and with threats of violence towards a man after they were identified by the city of Fariman’s police force.