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Iran: Four hanged in Rasht

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October 19, 2014: four men were executed in the main prison of Rasht, the official IRIB news agency reported.

The head of the judiciary in Gilan province did not identify the prisoners but said they were 32, 46, 44 and 32 years old and had been arrested on drug related charges.

One of the hanged men was previously arrested for heroin possession, while another 46-year old man was arrested and charged for carrying and selling opium. The other two hanged men were hanged upon charges for buying methamphetamine and heroin.

Since Hassan Rouhani has become the president of the regime over 1,000 prisoners have been executed whilst the news on the execution of many prisoners never gets out.

At least 27 women and 12 prisoners who were juveniles at the time of their arrest, together with 20 political prisoners, are amongst those executed with 57 of these executions carried out in public. During this period, a number of prisoners were killed under torture.

Source: NCRI, 0ctober 19, 2014; en.trend.az, October 20, 2014

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