IRAN: TEN PEOPLE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

02 March 2011 :

Ten people were hanged in Iran for drug trafficking.
Seven of these people were hanged in the towns of Jiroft and Bam in Kerman province, reported the official web site of the Iranian judiciary. Those who were executed were identified as: "Mohammad Nabi N." convicted of trafficking of 60 kilos of morphine, "Mehdi S." for keeping and carrying 8 kilos and 145 grams of crack, "Ali Bakhsh S." for keeping, carrying and selling 50 kilos opium, "Hamidreza D." for carrying 31 kilos and 250 grams of heroin, "Sohrab N" for carrying 2 180 grams of heroin, "Malek N." for keeping 900 grams of crack and "Saeed M" for participation in trafficking of 6 kilos morphine, 5 kilos heroin and 23 kilos of crack.
"Malek N" and "Saeed M" were hanged in the prison of Bam while the other five were hanged in the prison of Jiroft.
According to the official site of the Iranian judiciary in Shiraz, three people were hanged in the Adelabad prison of Shiraz. According to this report, "A. A.", "H. R." and "S. K." were convicted of "armed" drug trafficking of heroin and opium.
 

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