IRAN: FOUR PRISONERS HANGED IN QAZVIN, SHIRAZ

July 12, 2012: Four prisoners were hanged in Iran for drug trafficking, murder.
The first three prisoners were executed in the prison of Qazvin early in the morning, reported the official web site of the Iranian judiciary in Qazvin province (west of Tehran).
According to the report the prisoners were identified as "A. Kh." (60) and "G. Kh." (32) convicted of keeping and carrying 4940 grams of heroin, and "Gh. h." (49) convicted of keeping and carrying 4900 grams of opium and 900 grams of an opium product called "sookhteh".
According to reliable sources that Iran Human Rights have been in contact with, the woman prisoner Safieh Ghafoori was hanged in the prison of Shiraz early in the morning.
Safieh Ghafoori was convicted of murder but according to some sources she was innocent and had confessed to the murder under pressure. (Sources: Iran Human Rights, 12/07/2012)