IRAN. THREE EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
January 9, 2008: Iran regime hanged three, in public, for drug trafficking, in Birjand, capital of South Khorasan province bordering Afghanistan, state-run Fars News Agency reported.
"The death sentence for these (three) people was issuedâŚand was carried out," the report quoted the Iran mullahs' judiciary official. The report did not identify the three. (Sources: NCRI, Ansa, Iran Human Rights, 09/01/2008; http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/jan08.html)
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