12 January 2011 :
seven men were hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison early this morning. According to the Iranian news agency Aftab, the seven men were convicted of drug trafficking.The men were identified as: Mohsen Bahrami, son of Abdullah, convicted of keeping 1980 grams of heroin; Parviz Asadi, son of Farrokh, for keeping more than 6 kilos of heroin; Manuchehr Najafi, son of Farman, for buying and selling 9 kilos of hashish; Abdolvahed Baranzahi, son of Mohammad, for selling 5840 grams of heroin and 10 kilos and 500 grams of opium; Katif Sahraei, son of Bahar, for keeping 4910 grams of heroin and 50 kilos of opium; Khalil Tajik, son of Fzal Ahmad, for keeping 2055 grams of xxxx; Reza Ghorbani, son of Gholamreza, for selling 200 grams of opium, buying and selling 200 grams of heroin and keeping 1355 grams of heroin.
(Sources: Iran Human Rights, 12/01/2011)