Iran: Man Hanged for Drug Charges

According to Mizan News Agency, on the morning of Sunday, August 25, a man was hanged at the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas Central Prison. His first name was Mentioned as Houshang. 

“More than 7 tons of drugs are discovered from the cartel”, a Judiciary official told Mizan News that Houshang was a member of an international smuggling cartel. 

At least 110 people were executed in Iran in the first half of 2019; in which 9 of them were sentenced to death for drug offenses.