IRAN: 7 PRISONERS HANGED AT MASHHAD PRISON

11 December 2014 :

seven prisoners were executed by hanging in the courtyard of Vaki Abad prison in Mashhad for drug-related crimes, reported the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA). These executions were not announced by the official media in Iran.
 
(Sources: HRANA, 10/12/2014)

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