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Four people executed in Iran

11 October 2010 11:42 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Suleyman Farzaliyev-APA. Four people were executed in Iranâ€™s Zanjan Province today for drug-related charges, APA reports quoting ISNA.

Zanjan prosecutorâ€™s office told that the executed, three men and a woman, were hanged today in Zanjanâ€™s Central Prison for â€œdrug smuggling chargesâ€. In a report at the threshold of the World Day against Death Penalty, Amnesty International reports that Iran has issued the death penalty for at least 141 juvenile offenders. Iran holds the second highest record for number of executions and the highest record for execution of offenders under the age of 18. The report adds that over 400 people were executed in Iran in 2009 and since 2005; the number of executions has increased every year. Murder, drug smuggling, rape and enmity with God (Moharebeh) are offences that carry the death penalty in Iran.