IRAN: TEN MEN AND ONE WOMAN EXECUTED IN KARAJ
November 26, 2013: According to reliable sources in Iran eleven prisoners, among them one woman, were hanged in the Ghezelhesar prison of Karaj (west of Tehran) on charge of drug trafficking.
The female prisoner was transferred from the Gharchak prison of Varamin to Ghezelhesar for execution.
The executions were reported by the groups "Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran" and HRANA. Iran Human Rights (IHR) has confirmed the executions through independent sources and has the names of the ten Ghezelhesar prisoners. (Sources: Iran Human Rights, 26/11/2013)
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