Five prisoners were executed in Iran, reported the state run Iranian media.

11 April 2012 :

Five prisoners were executed in Iran, reported the state run Iranian media.
The first three prisoners were executed in Shehr-e-Kord (western Iran) in the morning:
According to the Young Joyrnalist’s Club (associated with the Iranian state broadcasting) three prisoners were executed in the central prison of Shahr-e-Kord. According to the report the prisoners who were not identified by name, were convicted of drug-related crimes.
One of the prisoners was convicted of carrying 400 grams of crack, 22 grams of "shisheh" (synthetic heroin) and 14 grams of hashish, and had in addition confessed to selling one kilogram of heroin, said the report. The two other prisoners were convicted of participation in keeping 3 kilos and 102 grams of heroin, crack and shisheh, and participation in keeping 2 kilos and 783 grams of the same substances, respectively.
According to the state run Iranian news agency ISNA, two prisoners were hanged in the prison of Tabas (eastern Iran) in the morning. According to the report the prisoners were identified as "A. H." (45 year-old) charged with participation in carrying 1380 kilos of opium, 498 kilos of morphine, and keeping and carrying 190 kilos of opium, and "M. M." (30 year-old) charged with carrying 30 kilos of heroin, said the report.
 

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