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5 Prisoners Hanged in Northern Iran for Drug-Related Charges

5 prisoners were hanged in the prison of Rasht (Northern Iran) Saturday October 25, reported the official website of the Iranian Judiciary in Gilan Province.

The prisoners who were all men were identified as "M.P." (40) charged with possession and trafficking of 31 kilograms of opium, "S.A." (43) for possession and trafficking of 14 kilograms and buying 17 kilograms of opium, "R.T." (42) for possession of 3310 grams of heroin, "M.S." (27) for possession of 3984 grams of heroin and "A.R." (50) for participation in trafficking of 3 kilograms of heroin. said the report.

Last week 4 other prisoners were hanged in the prison of Rasht convicted of drug related charges.

Source: Iran Human Rights, October 27, 2014


A prisoner hanged in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj

A man with charge of murder was hanged the same day that Reyhaneh Jabbari was executed.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), in the morning of Saturday, 25th October, a prisoner charged with murder was executed along with Reyhaneh Jabbari by hanging in Rajai Shahr prison of Karaj.

This prisoner from ward 1 in Rajai Shahr prison whose name is Mohammad Ghorbanzadeh, was transferred to solitary confinement on Thursday 23rd October

Also on Saturday morning, another prisoner from ward 2 in Rajai Shahr prison, named Davood Gandomi, on charge of "rape" was taken to the gallows, for execution but due to a defect in his case the execution has been postponed.

Source: Human Rights Activists News Agency, October 27, 2014

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