Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 26, 2006 17:44:13 GMT -5
Iran hangs drug dealer
An Iranian convicted of drug trafficking has been hanged in a prison in
the south-eastern city of Zahedan, press reports said yesterday. The man
identified only as Mohammad Sh. was executed on Friday for dealing in
2,100kg of heroin, Etemad daily reported.
His death brings to at least 98 the number of people executed in Iran so
far this year, according to press and witness reports. Amnesty
International, which campaigns against the death penalty worldwide, has
said there were 94 executions in Iran in 2005.
Capital offences in the Islamic republic include murder, rape, armed
robbery, apostasy, blasphemy, serious drug trafficking, repeated sodomy,
adultery or prostitution, treason and espionage.
(source: Agence France Presse)
An Iranian convicted of drug trafficking has been hanged in a prison in
the south-eastern city of Zahedan, press reports said yesterday. The man
identified only as Mohammad Sh. was executed on Friday for dealing in
2,100kg of heroin, Etemad daily reported.
His death brings to at least 98 the number of people executed in Iran so
far this year, according to press and witness reports. Amnesty
International, which campaigns against the death penalty worldwide, has
said there were 94 executions in Iran in 2005.
Capital offences in the Islamic republic include murder, rape, armed
robbery, apostasy, blasphemy, serious drug trafficking, repeated sodomy,
adultery or prostitution, treason and espionage.
(source: Agence France Presse)