Six men were hanged in Tehran today

Iran Human Rights, May 8: Six men were hanged in the Ghazal Hesar prison of Karaj, west of Tehran early this morning Saturday 8, reported the state run Iranian news agency Fars.

According to the report the men were identified as

 Arsalan Asadi son of Amanollah

 Mohammad Ali Fakhri son of Mohammad Hossein

 Abbas Garavand son of Yousefbeik

gif" width='8' height='11' class="puce" alt="-" style='height:11px;width:8px' /> Rahman Biabani son of Vali

 Parviz Taghizadeh son of Soleiman

 Saeid Michaeili son of Rashid

They were all convicted of drug trafficking. Age of none of those executed today was mentioned in the report.

Iranian authorities have started a new wave of executions since the beginning of the Iranian new year.

Ghezel Hesar prison is rarely used for executions.