Prisoner Hanged in Southern Iran on Drug Charges
9 May 16
A man who was on death row on drug charges was hanged in southern Iran.
Iran Human Rights (May 9 2016): A prisoner with drug charges was reportedly hanged at Minab Prison (in the southern Hormozgan province) on Sunday May 8. The Baloch Activists Campaign has identified the prisoner as Mohsen Bahaoldini, a man who resided in Giran, a town located in the southern Sistan & Baluchestan province of Iran. Iranian official sources, including state run media and the Judiciary, have been silent about Bahaoldini's execution.
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