IRAN: 20 DRUG TRAFFICKERS HANGED IN ONE DAY

July 4, 2009: Iran hanged 20 drug traffickers, official media reported. The traffickers were executed in the prison of Rajaee Shahr, at Karaj (west of Tehran), after being convicted for buying, selling and possessing various drugs between 2004 and 2008, IRNA news agency said.
A total of 700 kg of heroin, cocaine and opium had been seized from the convicted traffickers, who were between 35 and 48 years old, IRNA said. (Sources: Reuters, Iran Human Rights, 04/07/2009)