Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran Sep. 12 Iranian authorities hanged seven individuals in public on Wednesday in the south-eastern town of Mahan, state media reported. Iran Focus
Tehran, Iran Sep. 12 Iranian authorities hanged seven individuals in public on Wednesday in the south-eastern town of Mahan, state media reported.
The seven men were identified as Ali Orang, Davoud Talebi, Majid Barzekar, Majid Manami, Mohammad Bameri, Amr Bameri, and Mehdi Pour-Sheikh-Ali
These seven individuals were hanged for trouble-making and armed drug trafficking, the head of Mahans Revolutionary Court, Ali Salari, told the government-owned news agency Fars.
On Friday, the chief of state security forces in Mahan was killed by trouble-makers, the report added.
Iranian authorities routinely execute dissidents on bogus charges such as armed robbery and drug smuggling.
