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IRAN: 21 PRISONERS HANGED
July 9, 2013: 21 prisoners have been hanged in Iran in the last days. According to the Iranian Judiciary in Ardebil, three prisoners convicted of drug related charges were hanged on July 8 in the prison of Ardebil.
Announcing the executions, the head of the Judiciary in Ardebil said that more executions are expected in the coming days in Ardebil.
The three prisoners were not identified by name. One of them was born in 1978 and convicted of possession of 1500 grams of methamphetamine. The third prisoner was born in 1980 and convicted of possession of 964 grams of methamphetamine, said the report.
On July 6, at least 14 prisoners were executed in two different cities, according to official and unofficial reports from Iran.
According to Iranian broadcasting three prisoners were hanged in the prison of Ardebil. Two of them were brothers and were convicted of participation in trafficking of 4,535 grams of heroin, while the third prisoner was convicted of possession of 3 kilos and 10 grams of crack, said the report. None of the prisoners were identified by name.
According to Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran (HRDAI), 11 prisoners, including five women, were hanged in the prison of Zahedan. Four of them were identified as Rasoul Khorouj, Vahid Rigi, Hamid Najafi and Naser Naghaei. These executions were not announced by official Iranian sources.
On July 4, four prisoners sentenced to death for drug-related crimes were hanged at midnight in Orumieh’s Central Prison, in Kurdistan Province. They were identified by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) as Jahandar Mirzahie, Mehrab Mirzahie, Ismail Badoie and Mohammad Saleh-Gharahati. (Sources: HRANA, 04/07/2013; IHR, 6-8/07/2013)
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