Five Executed in Lorestan, Iran, on "drug charges"

Five more individuals have been executed in the city of Khorramabad located in the Province of Lorestan.

They were executed for drug trafficking charges and the verdict of the 1st branch of the Khorramabad Revolutionary Court had been confirmed by the Attorney General.

Execution for drug related charges has the highest rate in Iran and with the new law that is being enacted, it is expected that the number of executions will be increased.

By mid-December, over 190 executions have taken place in Iran for drug trafficking charges. The number of executions in the current month has been the highest in the past year.

Sixty four people have been hanged for drug related charges in the current month.

Source: rahana, January 14, 2010