FIVE MEN WERE HANGED IN ISFAHAN ON TUESDAY FEBRUARY 17

Iran Human Rights, February 18: Five men were hanged in the prison of Isfahan yesterday February 17 according to the reports from Iran.

According to the Iranian website "young Journalists Club" (YJC) three of the men were convicted of drug trafficking, while two were convicted of murder. One of those executed for drug trafficking was an Afghan citizen according to the report.

According to the web-site "Acitivists for democracy and human rights in Iran" the men were identified as:

Hamid Babaei (35),

Mohammad Gorgi (25),

Omid Noori (27)

Yasin Jafari (27)

Abbasali Ghasemi (30)

The daily newspaper etemaad.ir/Released/87-12-03/97.htm#135681" class='spip_out' rel='external'>Etemaad reported the executions on Saturday February 21.