Public execution in Iran
2004-08-21 11:42
Tehran - Three Iranian men convicted of drug trafficking have been hanged in a square in the historic city of Kerman in southeast Iran on Thursday, the conservative Jomhuri Eslami daily reported.
The report, quoting the local judiciary and giving only their first names, said Gholamreza, Mohammad and Hamid, were convicted of drug and arms trafficking.
Gholamreza was also found guilty of dealing in alcohol, which is strictly banned in Islamic Iran.
Some 3 000kg of opium and morphine, 11 Kalashnikovs, and other weapons that were in possession of the last two were seized, the report said.
Murder, armed robbery, rape, apostasy and serious drug trafficking are all punishable by death in the Islamic republic.
- AFP