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Iran: Prisoner Hanged on Drug Charges

24 Apr 17
Iran: Prisoner Hanged on Drug Charges

Iran Human Rights (APR 24 2017): A prisoner was reportedly hanged at Parsilon Prison (Lorestan province, western Iran) on drug related charges.

According to a report by the HRANA news agency, the execution was carried out on Saturday April 22. The report identifies the prisoner as Mehdi Mirzaie, 29 years of age, sentenced to death on the charge of posession and trafficking seven kilograms of crystal meth.

Iranian official sources, including the media and Judiciary, have not announced this execution.