Iran Hangs Seven More in Execution ‘Spree,’ Rights Group Says
Voice of America News reports: “Iran executed seven men Wednesday in two prisons outside Tehran on drug and rape charges, a rights group said, accelerating what activists describe as a hanging spree over the past […]
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Voice of America News reports: “Iran executed seven men Wednesday in two prisons outside Tehran on drug and rape charges, a rights group said, accelerating what activists describe as a hanging spree over the past two weeks.
The United Nations had warned on Tuesday of a ‘frighteningly’ high number of executions in the country after a rare execution on Monday of two men on blasphemy charges.
Three men were executed on drug-related charges in Ghezal Hesar prison in the city of Karaj outside Tehran, said Iran Human Rights (IHR), a Norway-based NGO.
It added that four other men were hanged on rape charges in Rajai Shahr prison, also in Karaj.
The judiciary’s Mizan Online website confirmed the three executions on drug charges, saying the convicts were members of a cocaine distribution cartel. There has been no official confirmation so far of the four executions on rape charges.
IHR said the latest hangings meant Iran had conducted at least 64 executions in the last 12 days alone…”
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