Iran has 300 convicted drug smugglers on death row, Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said in comments published today, adding that, to his regret, few of them were major traffickers.
close to 70 prisoners were executed in the Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad, Iran, despite the
two men have been beheaded recently in Saudi Arabia for murder.
Iran hung two men who were previously convicted of raping young children, state-run
China's Supreme People's Court ordered capital punishment for food safety
the Iranian Supreme Court gave the go-ahead for the punishment of Majid Mohavedi
After seven years, the go-ahead has been given in India for execution of two murder convicts
Six people were hanged in Yasouj and Sari, Iran.
Ryu Kyong, a deputy director of North Korea's State Security Department was allegedly
the Criminal Court of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, sentenced two Asians to
Iran hanged in public five men convicted of murder, rape, armed robbery and kidnapping, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Chinese courts were told to pronounce a two-year suspension of execution for condemned criminals if an immediate execution is not deemed necessary.
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
