IRAN: MAN HANGED IN MIANEH PRISON

29 January 2013 :

One prisoner was hanged in the prison of Mianeh (northwestern Iran) reported the official Iranian news agency IRNA.
The prisoner who was not identified by name was convicted of selling 890 grams of crack. He was also sentenced to pay 3 million rials for being a drug addict, said the report.
 
(Sources: Iran Human Rights, 28/01/2013)

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