Group Hanging of 24 in Karaj
Iran Human Rights, August 4: According to a report published state-run "Borna news" today, 24 people were hanged for drug-related offences in Rajai Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison in Karaj on Thursday 30 July 2009.
Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, spokesperson of Iran Human Rights, said: "We are very concerned about the high number of executions. The number of executions in July are the highest monthly numbers in many years".
He added: "Most of those executed are not identified by name and we can’t know whether the charges mentioned in the reorts published by the authorities are true. The international community must condemn these executions which are meant to spread fear among the people."
Quoting Tehran’s vice-prosecutor Mahmoud Salar-Kia, the report states that all the 24 individuals were sentenced to death on drug trafficking charges, and their sentence had been aproved by the Iranian Supreme Court.
The report does not name any of the defendants.
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