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Four executed in Iran

Public hanging in Iran (file photo)
3 prisoners were hanged in the prison of Ardebil (Northwestern Iran).

According to the official website of the Iranian Judiciary in Ardebil Province, the prisoners were convicted of drug trafficking and were arrested while transferring 27 kilograms of heroin out of the country.

Due to lack of transparency in Iran's Judiciary, the charges have not been confirmed by independent sources.

Source: Iran Human Rights, February 28, 2015


A man hanged in Tabas

A man hanged in a prison in city of Tabas in Iran. The prisoner had been arrested 3 years ago.

Mehdi Fatahi was hanged early morning on Wednesday in the main prison in the city.

Fatahi was initially sentenced to 15 years in prison for drug related offences but he was sentenced to death by an appeal court.

On the same day two other prisoners were hanged in public in the western city of Kermanshah.

The 2 men were hanged in 2 locations in the city at 10 in the morning local time.

According to the reports received from various sources dozens of prisoners have been hanged during the past weekend alone in prisons across Iran.

Source: NCR-Iran, February 28, 2015

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