Iran hangs four convicted drug smugglers - agency | Reuters

<a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-49027820100603">Iran hangs four convicted drug smugglers - agency Reuters</a>: "Since authorities launched a clampdown on 'immoral behaviour' in July 2007, police have arrested dozens of drug addicts, smugglers, rapists and murderers.<br /> 'These four people were hanged in the central prison of Yazd province after they were convicted of drug smuggling,' Fars said.<br /> Human rights groups often criticise Iran and say the Islamic republic has one of the highest execution rates in the world.<br /> Murder, adultery, rape, armed robbery, drug trafficking and apostasy -- the renouncing of Islam -- are all punishable by death under Iran's Islamic law practised since the 1979 revolution."

Iran hangs four convicted drug smugglers - agency | Reuters

Iran hangs four convicted drug smugglers - agency Reuters : "Since authorities launched a clampdown on 'immoral behaviour' in J...

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