IRAN: THREE MEN HANGED IN ISFAHAN
April 11, 2010: Three men were hanged in the prison of Isfahan, in central Iran, reported the state run news agency Fars.
The executions took place in the prison yard in the morning.
The men who were executed were identified as: Morteza (40) sentenced to death for buying and keeping 3188 grams crack, 60 lashes and 60 million rials of fine for transporting opium, and 10 lashes and 5 million rials of fine for drug addiction; Ghader (32) sentenced to death and confiscation of property for keeping and transporting 1030,5 grams of crack; Gholamreza (38) sentenced to death and confiscation of property for taking part in buying and trafficking of 9 kilo and 0,5 grams of crack. (Sources: Iran Human Rights, 12/04/2010)
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