According to the official and unofficial reports 26 prisoners were executed in three different Iranian prisons yesterday and today.
Ten of the executions were announced by official Iranian media while 16 other executions were reported by a rights group.
SEVEN PRISONERS, AMONG THEM ONE WOMAN, EXECUTED IN KERMANSHAH (WESTERN IRAN)
According to the official site of the Iranian judiciary in Kermanshah seven prisoners were hanged in the central prison of this city early yesterday morning, May 16.
All the prisoners were convicted of drug-related charges said the report.
According to the report the prisoners executed yesterday in Kermanshah are identified as:
“A. A.” (woman) for keeping and carrying 27 kilograms of heroin, “R. A.” for participation in keeping and carrying 100 kilograms of morphine and 254 kilograms of opium, “Kh. Sh.” for participation in keeping and carrying 57 kilograms of opium, “M. B.” for participation in keeping and carrying 69 kilograms of opium, “A. S.” for participation in keeping and carrying 4 kilos and 548 grams of morphine, “M. S.”For participation in keeping and carrying narcotics (not specified in the report), and “M. Kh.” for participation in keeping and carrying 1529 grams of crack.
