Southern Iran: At Least 3 Prisoners Hanged at Bandar Abbas Central Prison on Drug Charges

June 18, 2016, 11:15 a.m.

At least three prisoners were reportedly hanged in one day on drug charges.

Iran Human Rights (June 18 2016): At leaast three prisoners with drug related charges were reportedly hanged at Bandar Abbas Central Prison (in the Hormozgan province, southern Iran) on the morning of Thursday June 16. The official Iranian state-run news agency, Borna, has published the identities of the prisoners as:  A.Z., Gh.A., and B.A.

The human rights news agency, HRANA, published a similar report, but listed the number of prisoners executed at Bandar Abbas Central Prison on June 16 as at least 4.