**Iran is to execute in public 14 convicted members of a Sunni rebel group, state media report.**They say the convicts will be hanged in a park in the south-eastern city of Zahedan at 0630 local time (0200 GMT).
Tehran says the men are members of the Jundollah (God’s Soldiers) Sunni group, which is blamed for a series of attacks across the predominantly Shia country.
Amnesty International has appealed for a stay of execution, saying the convicts did not receive a fair trial.
Iran’s news agencies said the provincial judiciary in Zahedan, Sistan-Baluchistan province, invited residents and families of Jundollah’s victims to watch the executions.
Jundollah has claimed repeated attacks in the province, including a bombing in May in a Shia mosque in Zahedan that killed 25 people, Iranian media say.
Human rights groups accuse Iran of making excessive use of the death penalty but Tehran insists it is an effective deterrent that is used only after a lengthy judicial process.