IRAN: FIVE PRISONERS HANGED IN RASHT AND MASHHAD

February 3, 2015: five people were hanged in two Iranian cities between 31 January and 2 February 2015.
On 31 January, four prisoners convicted of drug-related charges were hanged in the prison of Rasht, reported the official website of the Iranian Judiciary in Gilan Province. They were identified as A. M., 42, charged with trafficking of 5,750 grams of crystal, Y. Gh., 41, for buying 5,750 grams of crystal, H. T., 37, for participation in buying 3,300 grams of crystal and S. Gh., 29, for possession and trafficking of 5,750 grams of crystal. On 2 February, a 21-year-old man was hanged in the prison of Mashhad, Iranian daily newspapers reported. He was not identified by name and was convicted of stubbing a 20-year-old man under a fight at a wedding party in 2013. (Sources: Iran Human Rights, 03/02/2015)