Three Prisoners Executed in Iran

Iran Human Rights, June 10. 2014: Three prisoners were hanged in three different Iranian prisons. According to the state run Iranian news agency Mehr, a prisoner identified as Abbas M (33 year old) was hanged in the prison of Qazvin (Northwest of Tehran) early this morning. The prisoner was convicted of possession of narcotic drugs and alcohol. Another prisoner was hanged in the prison of Sari (Northern Iran) reported the official website of the Iranian Judiciary in Mazandaran Province. The prisoner was identified as Majid Gholinejad (26 year old), sentenced to qisas (retribution in kind) for murdering another man by the name of Ammad in 2011.