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Three convicted drug traffickers hanged in Iran

Iran Materials 23 August 2010 12:51 (UTC +04:00)
Three convicted drug traffickers were hanged in central Iran, the Tehran press reported Monday.
Three convicted drug traffickers hanged in Iran

Three convicted drug traffickers were hanged in central Iran, the Tehran press reported Monday.

The three were hanged Sunday in a prison in the central city of Isfahan after their initial death sentences were confirmed by the Supreme Court, DPA reported.

The traffickers were identified as Akbar Z, aged 33, Hamid Reza H, 28, and Shah S, 38.

Murder, rape, armed robbery and drug trafficking of quantities in excess of 5 kilograms are among crimes punishable by death in Iran.

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