11 January 2012 :

five narcotics traffickers were hanged in the Kerman and Bam prisons, Iranian news websites reported. Mohammad A., Ali N., both convicted of participation in carrying 14 kilos and 700 grams of heroin, and Ahmad T., for participation in carrying 12 kilos and 850 grams of heroin and 1,700 grams of opium, were hanged in the prison of Kerman. Two other prisoners identified as Alireza B., convicted of keeping and carrying 29 kilograms of opium, and Hamzeh M., for keeping 2,700 grams of heroin, were hanged in the prison of Bam, located in the same province.