Four drug traffickers hanged in Iran

June 4th, 2010 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS  

Tehran, June 3 (DPA) Four convicted drug traffickers were hanged Thursday in central Iran, Fars news agency reported.
The four were hanged in a prison in the city of Yazd after their initial death sentences were confirmed by the Supreme Court.

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

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