IRAN: THREE EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

22 January 2009 :

three men were hanged in the prison of Yazd, central Iran, early this morning, reported the state run news agency ISNA.
The men were identified as Alireza, Hassan and Mohammad Hassan, and all were convicted of drug trafficking.
Age of none of them was mentioned in the report.
 
(Sources: Iran Human Rights, 21/01/2009)

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