“The first convicted was charged in accordance with Article 4 terrorism , and sentenced to death for belonging to al-Qaeda "terrorist" organization and his involvement in killing two brothers for one hundred dollars ,” A statement of the Iraqi Corrections Service received by “Shafaq News”.

He added that the second convicted was also charged in accordance with Article 4 of terrorism and sentenced to death for his involvement in kidnapping three people , killing them and stealing their cars to achieve material benefits and provoke sectarian prejudices .

The Secretary -General of the United Nations , Ban Ki-moon has urged Iraq to abandon the use of the death penalty when he visited Baghdad last January , but Iraqi Prime Minister , Nuri al-Maliki - who was supporting Ban - scolded him by saying that " Iraq does not believe in respecting the rights of murderers" .

Iraq has executed 169 people last year.